CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned a businessman, Michael Chibuzo, for the alleged issuance of a N8.5 million dud cheque. EFCC charged Chibuzo, alongside his firm, Two Stars Enterprise Ltd., at a Kaduna High Court, with the issuance of…

A Kano State High Court sitting at Miller Road, Kano metropolis, has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for killing his former girlfriend in 2022. Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, in a ruling on Tuesday, said the accused was found guilty…

Justice Olaolu Olanipekun of the Oyo State Magistrate Court Seven sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) church, Prophet Ojo Amos (a.k.a Elewuogbo). Justice Olanipekun ordered that Elewuogbo and his two sureties be arrested and…

A man, Chike Ibezim, has been arraigned by the Federal Government for allegedly defaming a former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Ibezim was arraigned on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge. Ibezim, along with two others,…

A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu has granted bail to controversial TikToker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya. The bail, set at the sum of N500,000.00, required two reliable sureties, including a relative and one other person possessing a landed property…

In a significant move aimed at upholding fiscal responsibility and preserving the economic integrity of the nation, the Federal Government has taken legal action against Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform. The charges, formally lodged at the Federal High Court in Abuja, were…

In a milestone achievement, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has secured the conviction of one Abubakar Sadiq Aremu to four years imprisonment for cheating and forgery of its receipts. Arraigned on March 21, 2023, before Upper Area Court Mpape Abuja, the accused pleaded…

A leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly establishing an unlawful ethnic militia group – Kungiya Zaman Lafiya. Bodejo was arraigned on a three-count charge filed by the…

A Prosecution witness, Mr Jubril Yakubu in the ongoing case of Lagos State Government and  Chrisland School on Thursday stated that the Stadium rented to Chrisland School lacked emergency facilities. Mr Jubril Yakubu told the court  presided by Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court…

Dr Olu Agunloye , former Minister of Power and Steel, on Thursday told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Apo, that the Attorney-General of the Federation did not give the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission the fiat to prosecute…