Crimes, frauds, corruption

News : Crimes, frauds, corruption

The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation. (AllAfrica)

A year ago, President Kibaki accented to the Anti Counterfeits Act as Kenya's manufacturing sector buckled under the weight of fake and cheaply priced goods, especially from Asia. (AllAfrica)

THE good relationship between albinos and human rights activists has been strained in recent days. Some albinos complain bitterly saying that some human rights activists ignore their rights and instead defend their arch enemies -- killers who hunt for albino limbs. (AllAfrica)

Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, former Ghana Ambassador to La Cote d'Ivoire, has cautioned that oil flow may well fuel corruption to disturbing levels. (AllAfrica)

Further investigations into the leaked Mpumalanga matric examination papers have led to the arrest of an official from the Mpumalanga Department of Education and eight other people. (AllAfrica)

A court in Switzerland had yesterday, ordered the seizure of $350m, roughly about N53.2bn, worth of assets from the son of Nigeria's former military ruler, late General Sani Abacha. (AllAfrica)

"Namibia Highly Corrupt" screamed a newspaper headline in one of the local dailies this week, prompting many Namibians to wonder whether this is the Namibia they know or another country. (AllAfrica)

When bankers steal it is sad. When bankers steal, the whole concept of banking becomes meaningless. The 2008 Annual Report of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has revealed that 313 bank staff of various categories stole a staggering N53 billion in the year 2008. (AllAfrica)

WHEN in doubt, form a committee. That may seem an unduly cynical response to the Cabinet's decision to set up an interministerial committee to investigate and recommend "extraordinary steps" to deal with corruption. After all, it is an advance on the past administration's tendency to ignore mounting evidence of corruption in the hope that it would somehow disappear. (AllAfrica)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former student of the Igbinedion University, Edo State, Okoro Osagie Victor, who is an ardent member of the Christ Embassy Church for allegedly defrauding foreigners to the tune of $96, 607 through the internet. (AllAfrica)

Top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have warned that some fraudsters are trying to extort money from unsuspecting coaches and agents on the pretext they can get them the job of coaching Nigeria at next year's World Cup. (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial involving one Mariama Sarr, who is standing trial on murder charges is finally about to come to an end, as Justice Moses Richards has informed both the defence and state counsel that the court will notify them of the day of judgment. (AllAfrica)

The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, DDPP Mikailu Abdulahi on Wednesday, told the Special Criminal Court that the state intends to close the prosecutionÂ's case in the matter involving one Morris F. Kallon, who is standing trial for rape. (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial of one Lamin Faye resumed last Friday before Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul. (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial of one Alasan Bah resumed last Thursday, November 19, 2009 before Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul. (AllAfrica)

A two-day seminar organised by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) in collaboration with the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA), on the Roles of the Insurance Industry in Combating Money Laundering and other Financial Crimes is underway at the Jerma Beach hotel (AllAfrica)

Another UPDF soldier, another death resulting from stab wounds, and yet another woman at the centre of the allegedly murder which took place in a city bar on Saturday night. (AllAfrica)

The Executive Director of Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Issah Ali, has said that if government is committed to fighting hard drugs in the country then it must vigorously tackle the tobacco threat since it is the "gateway" to the use of hard drugs. (AllAfrica)

Six suspected armed robbers were shot dead in gun exchange with police in Dodoma yesterday. (AllAfrica)

If anyone thinks the purging of two top officials from the Sirleaf administration in the aftermath of the notorious LPRC-Zakhem contract did effectively put the matter to rest, it must be a mistake. Several questions still linger: is former LPRC director Harry Greaves, who was in the center of the controversy and also held culpable in the bribery saga by the Ministry of Justice granted amnesty? (AllAfrica)

The embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Chief Rufus Abadi, yesterday wrote to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbona Onovo, over rising threats on his life by persons simply identified as "Bravemen" over his alleged role in the protracted crisis within the party in the state. (AllAfrica)

The Unity Forum has called on the National Assembly to make laws that would prescribe the severest penalties for kidnappers and their accomplices. (AllAfrica)

The Police in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested one Jafaru Ahmadu Derma for posing as a judge of the Appeal Court, even as Austin Nwaokoro and Ikechukwu Omaya were also arrested for posing as officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). (AllAfrica)

The federal government has expressed interest towards solidifying its ties with the government of the Republic of Serbia to work closely with Nigeria on areas of electoral reform and the war against corruption. (AllAfrica)

Dare devil robbers yesterday shot dead three police men, in a bank robbery at Ibillo, Akoko Edo Local Government Council of the State. (AllAfrica)

Customs operatives in the Eastern Marine Command of the Service at Ibaka, Oron Water axis in Cross River State, have cracked down on smugglers attempting to smuggle two boats fully loaded with prohibited secondhand hand clothes worth over N300, 000.000 into the country. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Ibrahim Y. Lame, has denied the allegation of financial impropriety against his office by the Committee of the House of Representatives on Police Affairs. (AllAfrica)

Three Policemen yesterday met their untimely death when they were shot by armed robbers in a bank robbery at Ibillo, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo state. (AllAfrica)

Abia State government has denied reports by some national dailies that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC are after the wife of the State governor and some top government officials over their alleged involvement in a financial scam to the tune of N3.3billion. (AllAfrica)

The managing editor of Weekend Mail, an Abuja-based newspaper; Maximus Uba, has raised alarm over a threat to his life by the governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim. (AllAfrica)

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday ordered the police to arrest former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and detain him in their custody. (AllAfrica)