CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, on Friday, sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, and her co-defendants to 5 years jail terms each. Mama Boko Haram, alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede, were jailed…

A Kwara State Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a farm worker and three herdsmen for allegedly killing a farmer. The accused persons, Isiaka Sabi, Hassan Bature and Ardo Umaru, who were charged with culpable…

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the remand of a 21-year-old man, Chinasa Michael, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly setting fire to a BRT Bus Terminal, during the 2020 #Endsars protests. Magistrate Monisola Ayinde ordered his remand after the…

A 32-year-old commercial driver, Idowu Ali, has been remanded in the Oke-Kura Custodial Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly hacking a two-year-old boy, Godwin Ifeanyi, over a disagreement with his parents. Ali was dragged before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court over offences bordering on…

Justice Akintoye Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday adjourned ruling on the bail application of two suspected fraudsters and a company, who were alleged to have dupped unsuspecting publics of billions of naira through a fake Ponzi…

There was heavy security presence on the premises of the Osun State High Court on Wednesday as a suspected cultist, Rasheed Hammed, aka Oko’lu, appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court. He was arraigned on 13 counts of conspiracy, armed robbery, arson and…

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Seun Oladipupo, to 16 years’ imprisonment for attempted rape and indecent assault. According to the charge, “the defendant on February 19, 2021, at Igede Ekiti, in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area,…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) heard on Wednesday that suspended Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and three others have reached out to the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) with a plea-bargain proposal in relation to…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, revoked the bail it earlier granted to Mohammed Usman, who is the third defendant in the 14-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday remanded an alleged firearms smuggler, Buraimo Taofeek Olaoluwa, in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) till August 18, when his bail application will be determined. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order, following Olaoluwa’s plea…