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October 23, 2024 No Responses

Court Jails 43 Internet Fraudsters In Awka

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of forty-three (43) internet fraudsters before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State.The convicts are; Momoh...

June 26, 2024 No Responses

Emefiele: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $1.4m

The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $1.4 million, linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order...

June 7, 2024 No Responses

Alleged Tax Evasion: EFCC Arraigns TSTV MD, Others

The Federal Government has arraigned two chief executives of Telecom Satellites Limited (TSTV), over alleged tax evasion, money laundering and advanced fee fraud offences, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. They are Bright Echefu...

May 31, 2024 No Responses

Trump Convicted In Hush Money Trial

A New York jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush-money case Thursday in a seismic development barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House. The first criminal trial of a...

April 20, 2023 No Responses

NPA Retiree Jailed 14 Years For N24.3m Fraud

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a retired staff of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Nasiru Ogara, to 14 years’ imprisonment for engaging in N24.3 million waste bin and vehicle documents fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada, while deliverin...

January 21, 2023 No Responses

Court Jails Medical Doctor For Negligence

Justice Adedayo Akintoye of Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, has sentenced a medical doctor, Ejike Orji, to one year imprisonment for negligence and endangering the life of a 16-year-old patient. Ejike and his wife, Grace Orji,...

October 8, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Raping Friend’s Wife

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday remanded a 35-year-old trader, Chigozie Ojinika, in Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly raping his friend‘s wife. The police charged Ojinaka, who resides at 72, Ayelara St., Surulere, Lagos with rape.&nbsp...

August 22, 2022 No Responses

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre. The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...

July 27, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Stealing N11.27m From Fidelity Bank

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded a 32-year-old man, Sedeliu Iziomo, in a correctional facility for allegedly stealing N11.27 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Iziomo is charged with a two-cou...

February 11, 2022 No Responses

School Bus Driver Bags Life Sentence For Defiling 4-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 39-year-old driver, Abiodun Matthew, to life imprisonment for defiling a pupil of University of Lagos (UNILAG) Women Society School. Matthew, who was charged with sexual assault...

August 7, 2021 No Responses

Woman Docked Over Alleged N4m Theft From Stanbic IBTC Bank

The Police in Osun State on Friday, arraigned one Sarah Peter, 28, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged N4 million theft from Stanbic bank. The Prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant committed the offence so...

July 24, 2021 No Responses

Ten Pirates Bag 48 Years Imprisonment In Nigeria

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...

June 17, 2021 No Responses

Ex-Bank PHB MD Jailed For N25.7b Fraud, Wife Acquitted

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu....

July 1, 2020 No Responses

Airtel Official Bags Five Years Jail For N2.2m Fraud

A Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere, Lagos, on Tuesday sentenced a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Jeremiah Mustapha, to five years in correctional centre, for facilitating a N2.2 million fraud. Mustapha, 32, was arraigned on June 14, 201...