Court Bars Journalists From Covering Sylvester Oromoni’s Inquest
A coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, barred journalists and other interested parties from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen C...
32-Year-Old Man Who Stole Ink To Sweep Court For Two Weeks
Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Thursday, ordered a 32-year-old man, Alex John, to sweep the court premises for two weeks for stealing two kegs of printing ink. The police charged John, whose address was not provided, with stealing, which he had pleaded guilty to. Delivering a ruling, Magistrate A. O. Adeyemi ordered the convict to sweep the court premises...
2014 Immigration Recruitment Tragedy: Abba Moro Has No Case To Answer — Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Senator Abba Moro and two others in charges of fraud over the 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment exercise. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Thursday held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to establish the allegation of procurement fraud against the defendants. Moro, who was Minister of Interior at the...
Court Shifts Judgement Till April 6 On PDPs Suit Seeking Ayade’s Sack Over Defection To APC
The Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed its judgement on the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to declare the seat of the Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, and his deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant. The main opposition party filed the suit following the defection of the duo to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice...
Court Slams Student 4 Months Imprisonment For Stealing Spaghetti, Indomie In Abuja
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a 19-year-old student, Hillary Yunana to four months imprisonment for stealing spaghetti and indomie from a shop. The convict, a resident of Bassa village, along airport road, Abuja, was charged with housebreaking and theft. In his ruling, the Judge, Sani Umar, sentenced Yunana after he pleaded guilty to the offence and...
Dismissed Policeman Who Allegedly Caused Father’s Death, Stole On Burial Day Jailed For 27 Months
AN Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 36-year-old dismissed police officer, John Dennis, who stole an Iron bar, valued at N6,000 on the day of his father’s burial, to 27 months imprisonment. The Magistrate, Mrs Folarin Williams, sentenced Dennis to two years imprisonment on the first count of stealing and three months imprisonment on the second count of...
Bauchi Governor’s Son To Open Defence April 28 Over Alleged N1.2bn Fraud
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday, fixed April 28 for Shamsudeen Bala, son of Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to open his defence in an alleged fraud charge levelled against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) had filed a 20- count charge against Bala bordering on money laundering, forgery and failure to disclose assets. However, in Dec....
You’re Guilty Of $3m Bribe, Appeal Court Tells Farouk Lawan
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Thursday, affirmed the high court judgement that convicted former Chairman of then House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy probe, Mr. Farouk Lawan, for bribery. However, the appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, reduced Lawan’s jail term from seven to five years, after it discharged and...
EFCC To Arraign Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere, Others Tuesday Over Alleged N2.9bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2...
Two Former Policemen To Die For Armed Robbery, FCT Court Rules
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has sentenced two ex-policemen, James Ejeh and Simeon Abraham, to death for armed robbery. They were arraigned on October 20, 2017, by the police on two counts bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Peter Kekemeke, held that the prosecutor proved his case by calling four witnesses and their evidence...
