CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

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…

The Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Tuesday, 9th August, 2022 arraigned the duo of Yahaya Abdulrahman and Mohammad Iliyasu alongside their company, Azzumee Multipurpose Cooperative Society, before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court on…

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to death for killing a seven-year-old boy in the Ikorodu area of the state. Justice Taiwo gave the…

A 23-year-old driver, Habib Gbadamosi has appeared before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday, for allegedly causing the death of a 55-year-old man. He was charged with reckless driving; causing death. Gbadamosi, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mr D.…

Two persons have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted for illegal possession of minerals (gemstones). The duo, Emeka Ezema and Ye Kachi who were arrested on the 5th of July, 2022, in Cross River State, were found in possession of 300g of Tourmaline, without…

The Kwara State Juvenile Court has remanded a 15-year-old boy who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl at Oro-Ago, in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The teenager reportedly emerged from the bush and met the victim with four…

A Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ebute Metta, Lagos State, has sentenced a 31-year-old former Fidelity Bank worker, Adenike Okuneye, to six months’ imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining N50,000 from customers of the bank. Magistrate A.T. Omoyele convicted and sentenced her after finding her guilty…