Nigerian woman nabbed, charged for 15 students trafficking in Australia

Nigerian-Australian woman, Binta Abubakar, 56, has been nabbed by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly trafficking students from Papua New Guinea (PNG) and forcing them into unpaid labour on farms across Queensland under the guise of educational scholarships. She was arrested on Wednesday at the Brisbane Airport upon arrival from Papua New Guinea, where […]

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Former Nigerian Army chief, others charged with N13 billion fraud

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged Kenneth Minimah, a former Chief of Army Staff, with alleged fraud involving misappropriation of N13 billion meant for arms purchase. The ex-Chief of Army Staff, Mr. Minimah was charged at the Federal Capital Territory High in Abuja, Nigeria, alongside an erstwhile Chief of Accounts and Budget of […]

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Obono-Obla, others charged for alleged N19.9m fraud

Head of the now disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, was on Friday arraigned alongside two others before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja, Nigeria, over allegations bordering on fraud. Obono-Obla, who was also accused of forging his academic credentials, […]

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