fake grants
6 Feb
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the General Overseer of Faith on The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians of about N1.31 billion, using fake grants from the Ford Foundation.
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