The no-case submission application filed by Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, has been dismissed by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2. Nwachukwu had filed the application to challenge the homicide and…
Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, rescheduled the trial of Sen. Stella Oduah, a Chinese construction giant, CCECC, and others on alleged N5 billion fraud charges for Nov. 14. The matter, which was on number three on the cause list…
By Fatai Kasali An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a man, Opeyemi Oladele, charged with robbing a woman of her cell phone at gunpoint. Justice Mojisola Dada, while delivering the judgment, held that the prosecution failed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil also known as Mama Boko Haram before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and cheating to the tune…
A 25-year-old man, Gaiya Usman, arrested for alleged involvement in kidnapping, has confessed to spending his N470,000 share of N8 million ransom on clothes. Usman is the only one arrested so far out of a five-man gang suspected to have…
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday dragged a businessman, Olawale Oladimeji, before a Federal High Court Lagos, over alleged drug trafficking. The defendant is standing trial before Justice Daniel Osiagor on one count charge…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an apprentice, Godwin Ogboniya, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s 9-year-old daughter. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubts, the elements of the…
…Arrests others for ingesting 175 wraps of heroin …Seizes $4.8m, CFA57m suspected fake currencies on Lokoja-Abuja Highway By Sodiq Adelakun and Fatai Kasali In a major breakthrough, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended two notorious leaders of…
…Vows to fish out wrongdoers By Sodiq Adelakun The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, has restated the police command’s determination to ensure that criminals find no safe haven in any part of the state. He emphasised that…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has stated that it is poised to commence Phase 6 of the tracking of constituency and executive projects which started in 2019. The 6th phase, which will commence on the…
