People&Politics

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have nabbed three suspected fraudsters linked with Q-net scam in the country. The suspects, Olaniyan Joshua, Oyetunde Julius Akano, and Victor Oluwale who are currently undergoing interrogation in the Commission, were arrested on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, in Abuja. Operating under the name, Mighty Infinity Millionaire Limited, the trio falsely claimed to be representatives of Q-net, a global e-commerce and direct selling company. While Q-net has since denied any link with the suspects and their activities, investigations further revealed that the suspects were equally running a fraudulent university training in pavilions and under trees, offering fake Bachelor of Science degrees in Medicine, Nursing, Cybersecurity, Computer Studies, and Geology, among others with a false claim of affiliation with Quest International University,…

By our reporter An operative of the Department of State Service (DSS) and witness of the Federal Government (FG) in the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, today told the Federal High Court,Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism or violence was found on the IPOB leader when he was arrested in Lagos on October 15, 2015. That was during the Muhammadu Buhari presidency. Codenamed PWAAA, the witness who was in the team that arrested Kanu, spoke under cross examination by lawyer to the Biafra agitator, Kanu Agabi, SAN, a former Attorney General of the…

Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, April 28, 2025 convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to sixty-three (63) years jail term for multiple investment fraud. He was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited. They were prosecuted on 30-count charges by Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, bordering on obtaining by false pretences, an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006. Count 21 of the charge reads: “That you Olaniyan…

By our reporter It was calmer in court this time around as the terrorism trial of leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) kicked off today before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The charges were brought against him by the Federal Government (FG) with the first witness testifying behind camera. Kanu's appearance in court towards the end of the time of former judge handling another of his cases, Justice Binta Nyako, had been controversial with the IPOB leader and the judge in direct, open exchange of hot words over the judge's decision to obey a directive…