The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Jabi, Abuja on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 convicted and sentenced one Praise Humphrey Igbo (a.k.a) Jessica Allen to one year imprisonment for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending hearing of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned hearing in the N110 billion money laundering…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered the remand of two persons: Seyi Diekola and Shiwe Ese, in a Correctional facility over an alleged murder. The duo whose addresses were not provided were charged with conspiracy and murder. The…
By Olawale Afolabi The federal capital territory (FCT) high court has declined the bail application filed by Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi. Maryann Anenih, the trial judge, ruled that Bello’s bail application was filed prematurely before the ex-governor was…
A death sentence passed by the Jigawa State High Court on a couple and the wife’s two siblings has sparked mixed reactions across the state. The four individuals were found guilty of murdering Salamatu Musa, a 30-year-old woman accused of…
Some Nigerians have expressed anger after human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, appeared at the Ekiti State High Court in handcuffs Men of the Nigeria Police Force had escorted Farotimi to the court on Monday in handcuffs. Last week, Farotimi was…
The federal high court in Ekiti has granted Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist, N50 million bail with one surety. On Monday, the court asked the surety to provide evidence of two years’ tax clearance, land document and a letter…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse A Jigawa State High Court No. 5, under the presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has sentenced four individuals, including a husband, wife, and two relatives, to death by hanging after convicting them of…
A 40-year-old man, Gafaru Ogundiran, who was found allegedly in possession of guns, was brought before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday. Ogundiran, whose address was not provided, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful possession…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted a forfeiture order of an estate in Abuja owned by an ex-government official to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 delivered the…
