A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ruled that a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has a case to answer in the N29 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafa Belewa Square, on Monday dismissed an application seeking to discharge a Danish, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Nielsen’s counsel, Mr Olasupo Shasore (SAN), had prayed the court to…
A 36-year-old housewife, Rukayat Abdulkareem told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that she did not stab her husband’s mistress’ 17-year-old boy to death. The police charged Abdulkareem with a one count charge of culpable homicide. Being led in defence,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, fixed Oct. 4 to deliver judgment in the trial of Faisal, son of the embattled Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. It was earlier reported that Justice Okon…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $3,719,855.94 found in the account of a company, Enerbett International Ltd., to the Federal Government. Justice Aneke gave the order,…
A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old labourer, Nura Taimu, be remanded in custody for allegedly injuring a woman. The police charged the defendant, of Yarkasuwa Galadima Gwarinpa, Abuja, with Joint act, causing hurt, mischief…
A businessman, Anthony Ani, 28, on Thursday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for alleged cheating his customer of N1.5 million. The police charged Ani, who lives in Abudulahi Attah estate, Lokogoma, Abuja, with…
Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High Court, Nyanya, on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old pastor to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl. The convict, Stephen Kalu, a pastor of Adoration Ministry, Karshi, Abuja, was arraigned before the court by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Uyo Zonal Office, on Monday arraigned one Obasi Ugochukwu, a computer science student of the University of Calabar before Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 35-year-old petrol attendant, Elijah Chinonso has been arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged fraud. The accused person committed the offence in June 2021, at Metro Filling Station, Ede Road in Ile-Ife. The prosecutor, Inspector…
