The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said a Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military. Briefing journalists in Abuja on the military operations, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Buba Edward, said the court ordered their release for lack of evidence...
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Five bag death sentence for murdering Rivers vigilante commander
Five people have been convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday for the murder of Umezuruike Alex, the commander of a local vigilante codenamed OSPAC (Onelga Security Peace and Advisory Committee) in Omudioga community in the Emohua Local Government Area of...
Alleged N4.8bn Fraud Case: ibeto Has Paid Back N1.5bn— efcc says
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto, has paid back N1.5 billion in two tranches in respect of the N4.8bn fraud allegations for which he was charged before the court. Counsel to...
EFCC faults Obiano for evading court process
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused a former governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, of evading the service of court process. The counsel for the commission, Sylvanus Tahir, disclosed this to the court on Thursday during proceedings. On January 24, the EFCC arraigned the former governor on nine charges bordering on alleged money...
Court Stops Kano Anti-Graft Agency From Probing Ganduje
A Federal High Court in Kano has issued a ruling preventing the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) from inviting or investigating Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), regarding bribery allegations leveled against him. Presiding over the case, the judge highlighted that the alleged infractions fall under federal...
seven internet fraudsters convicted by Court in Ogun, Oyo
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of seven internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The head, media and publicity of the commission, Dele Oyewale in a statement gave the names of the convicts as Adio Peter Olakunle, Adebanjo Oluwafemi Samuel, Ezekiel Papi Kolawole,...
Jail Term: Ex-Barcelona player Dani Alves sent to four years imprisonment
A Spanish court has found Brazilian Footballer and former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early...
Emefiele Sues Akpabio For Defamation, Demands N1bn
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has demanded N1bn damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio for alleged defamation. Emefiele’s lawyer, Matthew Burkaa, in a notice to the Senate President dated February 19, 2024, faulted a “we don’t know what to charge Emefiele with” statement credited to Akpabio on February...
Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing 11-yr-old girl in Ogun
An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Azeez Akinpelu to death by hanging for killing an eleven-year-old girl, Rokibat Odeyale, in Owode Egba, in Obafemi/Owode local government area of the State. Akinpelu, a resident of Owode, was convicted on a five-count charge of conspiracy, possession...
BREAKING: Court reverses N21bn money laundering charge against ex-Air chief, Amosun
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday quashed the N21.5bn money laundry charges preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun, and two others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC had on June 29, 2016, arraigned Amosun alongside a former Nigeria Air Force Chief of Accounts and Budgeting, Air...