Justice Chizoba Orji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Thursday granted Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a ₦50m bail after she pleaded not guilty for alleged defamation. The female lawmaker was granted bail with one surety, who […]
A Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Justice Peace Otti, has sentenced a 34-year-old schoolteacher to 12 years imprisonment for defiling his 11-year-old male JSS 1 student. The defendant, Pascal Ofomata, was charged […]
Ahead of next month’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting, a new research note by Renaissance Capital has revealed that Nigeria’s banking sector is facing a severe liquidity crunch following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to impose a 50 per cent […]
The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday resolved to proceed with the ongoing trial of 20 former leaders of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers in the absence […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has assured that the Judiciary is in support of efforts to address terrorism and atrocious crimes in the country. Justice Kekere-Ekun said the Judiciary was committed to ensuring justice, accountability and national unity in […]
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja One Ugochukwu Joseph Nwaemere, the Executive Director of Pennhydro-Pell Oil and Gas Limited was on Tuesday arraigned for alleged conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N750 million by the Economic and […]
By Sandra Umeh A 43-year-old trader identified as Abubakar Sulaiman has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges bordering on drug trafficking before Justice Ambrose Lewis Alagoa of the Federal High Court Lagos. Justice Alagoa […]
Two companies identified as FARM360 Limited and MCBHADMOS Trans- Atlantic on a five-count charge bordering on operating collective investment schemes without a licence either by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, or the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC by the […]
A United States of America court has sentenced five Nigerians to over 159 years of combined jail term for defrauding over 100 Americans, companies and government entities to the tune of $17m. This was contained in a statement obtained on […]
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting […]