Crime

Police Arraign Accountant, Mother for Alleged N1bn, $975,102 Fraud

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A chartered accountant, Omafume Ayinuola, and her mother, Lydia Ehrievuyere, have been arraigned by the police before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N1,072,254,411 and  $975,102.58. The daughter and mother were arraigned alongside their company, Patridia Resources Continue Reading

Politics

No Thaw in Oyo APC Crisis as Court Adjourns Sitting

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The last might not have been heard of the leadership crisis in the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo State as the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan adjourned sitting on a case filed before Hon. Justice Uche Nma Agomoh till Tuesday 21st of June. The case for hearing on a matter brought before it […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

Court Declines Abba Kyari’s bail Request

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declined the bail request by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari and his co-defendants.  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had on the 7th of this month, arraigned DCP Kyari, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday Ubua, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bawa […]Continue Reading

Politics

Court Sacks 20 Cross River Lawmakers for Defecting to APC

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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political […]Continue Reading

Crime

MAPOLY Student Bags Seven Months Jail Term for Impersonation

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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of a 24-year-old student of Computer Science at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Adebowale Babatunde Ismail, to seven months imprisonment before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State for the offence Continue Reading

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Court Convicts Seven for Cyber-Fraud in Ibadan

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command, on November 15, 2021, secured the conviction of seven internet fraudsters before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Ogun State. The convicts are Williams Ikechukwu Williams, Aizoba Opeyemi Stephen, Damilare Godwin Asore, Basit Oladeji Bamidele, Babajide Oluwapelumi Continue Reading

Crime

Five Jailed For Impersonation In Ibadan

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Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, October 28, 2021 convicted five internet fraudsters for criminal impersonation. The convicts, Ogunbayo Peter Oluwatobiloba (aka Racheal Brinkley), Charles Jude Albert, Kolawole Bankole Opeyemi, Bello Tobiloba Abdullahi and Obitokun Olugbade Solomon were found guilty of impersonation, Continue Reading

Judiciary

Courts Resume In Ibadan, As JUSUN/PASAN Call Off Strike

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Following the suspension of the industrial action by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN and the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, judicial activities have resumed in some courts visited in Ibadan. At the State High Court, Ring Road, courts were opened for cases while other rooms for judicial and administrative events […]Continue Reading

Politics

Ogun Impeached Deputy Speaker Takes Assembly to Court

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Former Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr Dare Kadiri, has taken the Assembly to a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, over his removal from office. The impeached Deputy Speaker, demanded for a sum of five hundred million naira as general damage against the Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo ,first respondent and the […]Continue Reading

Crime

Court Convicts Five Internet Fraudsters in Ibadan

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Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, convicted five internet fraudsters over impersonation. The convicts are: Omosehin Sina, Yusuf Olajide Bello, Olowosogba Olamilekan Samson, Bakare Omolayo Toheed and Sodiq Oluwasegun Adefila They pleaded guilty to their respective charges in line with the conditions of the plea Continue Reading

Crime

4 Docked For Defrauding Microfinance of Over 14m Naira

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Osun State Police has dragged four persons before the Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo for allegedly duping a microfinance bank of over fourteen million naira (14,273,770). The suspects are Aderinlowo Joseph, Oyinlola Abimbola, Sotomi Abosede and Bello Rasaq. The prosecutor, Mr. Francis Osei, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged crime between […]Continue Reading

Crime

Abeokuta Court Jails Fraudster, Forfeits Assets

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Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State has sentenced one Festus Gbenga Ajayi, to one-year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count charge of criminal impersonation, having been arrested on October, 2019 in a raid […]Continue Reading

Crime

Court Sentences Two to Jail for Fraud

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Two middle aged men, Rasak Olayinka Balogun and Ayodeji Oliwaseun Olatona have been sentenced to jail for internet fraud. The suspects, who were arraigned separately, pleaded guilty to the one count charge bothering on impersonation preferred against them. Rasak Olayinka Balogun was sentenced to seven months in jail by Justice Mohammed Abubakar of Federal High Continue Reading

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Muhammadu Sanusi II Regains Freedom

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Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted an interim order releasing the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II from detention. The order also restored his right to human dignity, personal liberty, freedom of association and movement in Nigeria apart from Kano State, pending the hearing and determination of the originating […]Continue Reading