CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and two others be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of their bail applications. Justice J. O. Adeyemi-Ajayi made the other…

No fewer than 3,657 federal civil servants have been dragged before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and related offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution for failing to get verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). This was disclosed to newsmen Thursday…

Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him bail following the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by Boko Haram who freed scores of their members. On 5 July, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic…

The trial of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, and four others continued on Tuesday before a Federal High Court, Abuja with the prosecution calling its second witness, in its efforts to prove the eight-count charge, bordering on illicit…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has opened its case against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, who is standing trial on an eight-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, obstruction and dealing in cocaine and other related offences before…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has presented more evidence against singer Azeez Fashola known better as Naira Marley, at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State. This is as the court also dismissed the defendant’s objection to the forensic evidence…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Friday barred journalists from covering and witnessing the late gospel singer, Osinachi children’s testimony. The move was as a result of the court granting the three oral applications made by Aderonke…