Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, have arrested a fake school operator allegedly awarding National Certificate of Education, NCE and Bachelor of Education degree without authorization and accreditation. The suspect, John Ogbonnaya, was arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers state for allegedly registering Havana International School of Arts and Science in 2017 with two other suspects: Monday Nwapi and Mrs Justina Okafor. They are holding lectures in two centres in Port Harcourt: Brilliant International Schools, Nsukka Street, Diobu and Paragon City Light College, Agip area. Since the inception of the main school, scores of unsuspecting students have been defrauded and made to pay for application forms, school fees and project fees. The students were made to believe that Havana International School of Arts & Science was affiliated to four different institutions: Abia State College of Education( Technical); Ebenezer Co...

Diezani Alison Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has explained to the Federal High Court in Abuja how it uncovered about 19 houses allegedly bought by the immediate-past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduke, in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. It also explained that an Executive Director in First Bank Nigeria Limited, Mr. Dauda Lawal, helped Diezani to transfer to the UK for the purchase of some real estate properties in London. EFCC also said  Benedict Peters whom it described as a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s contractor during Diezani’s reign as the petroleum minister, contributed $60m to the $115m allegedly provided by the ex-minister to bribe electoral officers for the 2015 general elections. The Nigerian properties were said to be in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. The anti-graft agency also said Peters was a “suspect under investigation for Petroleum subsidy fraud” from whom $400m...