The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, secured the conviction and sentence of 36 internet fraudsters to various jail terms before Justices Uche Agomoh and E.U. Akpan of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State; Ladiran Akintola, K.B. Olawoyin, Bayo Taiwo and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan. In a statement in Ibadan, the …

A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu has restrained the police, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian military from evicting the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The case was filed by the emir alongside the four kingmakers of Kano: Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani; Makaman Kano Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi; Sarkin Bai Mansur Adnan and …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced 29-year-old Adedayo Olawole to death by hanging for the murder of one Chukwudi Joseph. The court on Monday also sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for conspiracy in the murder of the deceased person. He was arraigned on 29 March 2023 on two-count charges bordering on conspiracy and murder. The …

Thursday’s scheduled proceeding on the trial of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High Court Abuja quickly took a dramatic turn following the defendant’s collapse. Shortly after the matter was called upon by the court registrar for continuation of trial, the defendant did not step forward to the dock. He remained seated at the back as usual. …

An Abuja Federal High Court has granted former Commander of Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari a two-week bail. The court said the two-week bail was to allow Kyari return home to conclude his mother’s burial rites. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31 for determination of his bail application. Kyari is facing trial for …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, denied the bail application of a crypto currency firm executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite held that the bail application is refused as Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited has carefully gone through the application submitted before him and resolved that the defendant is likely to jump bail if granted. Gambaryan, …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja, has convicted a mother of five, Mrs. Ramat Mercy Mba for forging the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, the late Abba Kyari. Justice Ibrahim Mohammad however deferred the sentencing of the convict till Thursday, 16 May 2024 but directed that she should be remanded in Suleja …

A Customs licensed agent, Ibrahim Egungbohun, has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to debunk an allegation that he is a top smuggler. Egungbohun, popularly called IBD Dende, in the suit he filed through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Bola Aidi (SAN), said he was on several occasions, through posts that were shared on a social media …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a restraining order against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), preventing the party from appointing or nominating any individual to replace Ambassador Umar Damagum as its Acting National Chairman. This injunction remains in effect until the court reaches a decision on a lawsuit filed by two party chieftains. In a ruling delivered by …

A Federal High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State has convicted and sentenced 41 individuals to one-year imprisonment each for internet fraud-related offences. This was disclosed in a statement on the website of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday. According to the statement, the convicts, who were arrested by the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, pleaded guilty …