NIGERIA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against two of the detained promoters of the crypto bridge exchange (CBEX) over allegations of investment fraud believed to be over $1 billion. The charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/216/2025 was filed by Fadila Yusuf, EFCC lawyer. Therein, the suspects were identified as Avwerosuo […]
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A High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, sentenced a professor of the University of Calabar, Peter Ogban, to three years in prison for announcing a false election result during the 2019 general elections. The professor of science who had served as the returning officer in the senatorial election in Akwa […]
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23-year-old Kolade Emmanuel Balogun, has been ordered by a court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to control traffic for three months for fraud related offences. The judgement was secured by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “That you, KOLADE BALOGUN (a.k.a Willam Davis, alias Behemoth) sometime in March […]
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A high court sitting in Adamawa has ordered the arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, for giving a bribe of N362 million to INEC officials to influence the 2015 presidential election. The Presiding Judge, Nathan Musa, gave this order on Thursday while delivering judgement against Ibrahim Umar and Sahabo Hamman, two staff […]
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Former senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, says the court which granted a temporary forfeiture order on his houses in Ikoyi was misled. Recall that federal high court sitting in Lagos had ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties of Saraki in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state following an ex-parte application by the Economic and […]
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Two brothers Saheed and Ayodeji Obadimeji have been remanded by a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly killing one Joseph Makinde by cutting off his head. The victims head was too be sold for N200,000. Saheed 19 and Ayodeji 20, both residents of Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. where arraigned on two count charge, conspiracy […]
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The senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Dr Orji Kalu, has urged people of senatorial district not to lose hope, stressing that his mandate will be re-claimed at the Court of Appeal. He was quoted to have said this in a statement signed by his media office on Monday following the nullification of his election […]
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The FCT High Court, on Friday dismissed a suit, accusing the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed, of age falsification for lack of ‘’Locus Standi’’. The judge, Danlami Senchi, held that the suit filed by Tochi Michael, a 46-year-old man sometimes in April, ought to have been filed before the court by way […]
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A Zambian court bailed a fierce critic of President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday after he was charged with telling an ethnic Indian that he was stealing local jobs. Chishimba Kambwili, who is still an MP in the ruling party, will go on trial on April 8 for showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for a person […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday arraigned one Valentine Ezeife, an alleged internet fraudster, known as“yahoo–yahoo boy”, arrested with N20 million, a Lexus 570 and Toyota Camry car 2013, before FCT High Court, Apo. The EFCC charged Ezeife, of Life Camp, Abuja on two counts of Internet fraud and unlawful possession of […]
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