Court remands Abuja couple over N740m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned an Abuja-based couple, Osabohein Ologbose and his wife, Hope Oghelemu, before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court Abuja over…
Kogi fraud: EFCC witness links N10.27bn to Ali Bello
The trial of Ali Bello, Chief of Staff to Ahmed Usman Ododo, continued on Monday before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness…
Man arraigned for allegedly stealing cow worth N700,000
Two herders, Abubakar Lawal, 18, and Ibrahim Abubakar, 20, on Monday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over the alleged theft of a cow valued at N700,000. The…
EKDC arraigns 6 Lagosians for electricity meter bypass
THE Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, has arraigned six residents of Lagos before Magistrate T. M. Kassim Adeyelure at Court 6, Eti-Osa Magisterial District, over alleged electricity theft and conspiracy.…
Give account for N3trn public funds – SERAP drags CBN to court
A lawsuit has been filed by the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over its alleged failure to account for N3 trillion…
Court flays detention of Kaduna cleric
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday condemned the continued detention of Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir, by the Defence Intelligence Agency. The court ordered the Federal Government…
Motorcyclist alleged rape teenager, court order case file transfer to AG, warns police against delay tactics
A Magistrate’s Court in Ikirun, Osun State, has remanded 38-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Oladapo Jegede, at the Ilesa Correctional Centre over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old student. The victim reportedly…
Judge back off from EFCC’s cases against Malami
Hon Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, recused himself from the money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed against the immediate past…
Court adjourns former gov Bello’s trial on alleged N110 billion fraud till March 10
Hon. Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, yesterday, adjourned the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on an alleged N110 billion money laundering…
Maduagwu murder trial stalls as court fixes April 21
The trial of eleven suspects accused of killing ARISE News correspondent, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, stalled again on Thursday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High…