ROMANCE SCAM: EFCC HANDS OVER FORFEITED ASSETS TO AUSTRALIAN VICTIM IN LAGOS.(PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Romance Scam:  EFCC Hands Over Forfeited Assets to Australian Victim in Lagos.  The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, handed over forfeited assets recovered from a convicted romance scammer, Odey Steven Aleka, to an Australian citizen, Karo Rita Kazzi, through her counsel, Blessing Nwankwo. The assets include a gold wedding ring, a gold chain with a cross pendant, an iPhone 12 Pro Max, a Lexus RX350 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), and a one-storey building comprising six room-and-parlour self-contained apartments located along the Emedu–Awoyaya axis of Ajah, Lagos State.   Speaking during the handover ceremony, the Acting Zonal Director of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC,  Assistant Commander of the EFCC,  ACE I Bawa Usman Kaltungo, reaffirmed the Commission's commitment to ensuring that victims of economic and financial crimes obtain justice and, where possible, recover ass...

NPA SLAMS NEW STAMP DUTY ON TRUCKS.(PHOTO).


NPA slams new stamp duty on trucks

The Nigerian Ports Authority, through the Trucks Transit Parks, has introduced a mandatory N50.00 stamp duty payment on every N1,000 receipt issued to truck drivers.

This was contained in a notice sighted by the PUNCH on Tuesday.

In the notice dated August 14th the management of TTP said that with effect from September, the NPA has directed them to commence the implementation of the directive on the denotation of all issued receipts of N1,000.00 and above in value with N50.00.

According to TTP, the directive is a policy of the Federal Ministry of Finance issued two years ago to all Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.

The notice read in part, “In furtherance to the provisions of the Finance Act, the Federal Ministry of Finance issued a circular dated April 19, 2021, directing all heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of Government to denote all issued receipts of N1,000.00 and above in value with N50.00 Stamp produced by the Nigerian Postal Service. Following engagements between the NPA and NIPOST on the implementation of the circular issued, the NPA has now directed our company, to commence the implementation of the circular on the denotation of all issued receipts of N1,000.00 and above in value with N50.00.”

According to the notice, “The implication of NPA’s directive above for stakeholders in the port environment doing business with TTP is that, from the effective date stated below, all bookings on the eto platform shall now attract a mandatory additional charge of N50.00. In the light of the foregoing, all stakeholders are by this notice, informed that in compliance with the above-mentioned directive of the NPA, TTP would commence implementation of the said directive, from September 1, 2023,” the notice said.


 

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