Lateefa Okunnu, presiding judge of the Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former managing director, Finbank Plc, to three years imprisonment over N10 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Nwosu alongside Dayo Famuroti, Agnes Ebubedike and Danjuma Ocholi on a 26-count […]
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Comedian Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for sexual assault, the BBC is reporting. Cosby, 81, has also been categorised as a sexually violent predator, meaning he must undergo counselling for life and be listed on the sex offender registry. The actor declined to make a statement when […]
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A federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau state, to 16 years in prison. Dariye, a serving senator, will serve a two-year and 14-year jail term concurrently. Adebukola Banjoko, the judge, did not give him an option of fine. The former governor appeared in court in a […]
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