An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Wednesday sentenced a 22- year old man, Jamiu Malomo, to death by hanging for killing a sex worker, one Asisat Akande, by stabbing her to death.
Malomo was convicted on a one count charge…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Gudu has sentenced Bishop Kenneth Duke, a prominent church founder in Abuja, to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine for the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Justice Adebiyi Osolo handed down the…
A businesswoman, Patience Bello and a legal practitioner, Bello Adinoyi were on Wednesday, arraigned in the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Zuba for alleged criminal conspiracy and forgery.
The defendants are facing trial on a three-count bordering on forgery.
They however pleaded not guilty…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday, January 17, 2025, at the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, filed five counts of terrorism-related charges against self-styled activist Muhammad Mahdi Shehu.
The move came a day after the secret police filed a motion…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has remanded one Chidi Gabriel at the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre on charges of allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl.
The Lagos State government charged Gabriel with one count of…
A Prosecution Witness, Mr Ismail Lawal, on Tuesday told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court that former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku gave him 5,000 dollars to relocate to Lagos.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sept. 30, 2024, arraigned…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, arraigned Benjamin Okoye, Moughalu David Arinze, Okey Okeke, Ekene Mgbeokwere and Eboh Thaddeus on a one-count charge bordering on alleged tampering with a forfeited property…
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…
