CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

A 35- year- old man, Susaine Morgan has been remanded at the Yenagoa Correctional Centre by a magistrate court for allegedly attempting to assassinate the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (oil), Heineken Lokpobiri. The suspect was also accused of unlawful possession of two…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Kuru and four others for allegedly defrauding Arik Airline of N76 billion and another $31.5 million. The other four defendants are a…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of one Lukumanu Sani Waziri, an accountant at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, for corruption and abuse of office. Waziri was found guilty of diverting public funds…

A Kano Magistrate Court has sent a security guard working for Azman Air and four others  to prison for remand over alleged theft of 80 aircraft brakes valued at over N140 million. A man named Otaru Bashir, an employee of the Airline, reported…

A Nasarawa State High Court has remanded Timilehin Ajayi, an acclaimed gospel singer, after he was found in possession of the severed head of Salome Adaidu, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The remand was confirmed in a statement from the Nasarawa…

A 43-year-old visa agent, Oluwasegun Abioye, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a visa seeker of N9m. Abioye, who resides at Agege, Lagos, is facing a two count charge of obtaining money by false pretenses…

THE NASSARAWA State High Court has ordered the remand of Timilehin Ajayi, a gospel singer, following allegations linking him to the tragic death of Salome Adaidu, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The case has left the local community in shock…

Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted a warrant of arrest against Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the manager of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. The judge granted the order on Thursday sequel to a motion exparte brought before the court by…

A 24-year-old man, Victor Akande, was yesterday arraigned before a State Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti for allegedly threatening the life of the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti, Most Reverend Felix Femi Ajakaye. The incident, according to the charge, occurred on January 15,…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a Director of Administration and Supplies at the National Boundary Commission, Mrs Aishatu Abdullahi, and an Assistant Chief Accountant, Mrs Ghaji Rahila, over allegations of forgery and abuse of office. The…