By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has filed a six-count charge against a popular social media blogger, Adetoun Onajobi, also known as @justadetoun, over alleged cyberbullying and false online publications against the Ogun State Government and the state governor. The charges are pending before the Abeokuta Division of the Federal High Court…
‎The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that it has no evidence to support the allegation that Jude and Paul Okoye of P-Square fraudulently withdrew $800,000, contrary to claims made by their brother, Peter Okoye. ‎ ‎Peter had in 2024 petitioned the EFCC accusing Jude…
A Department of State Services (DSS)’ investigator, on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Mr Tukur Mamu was offered a N50 million share by Shugaba, leader of the terrorist group, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train in 2022. The DSS operative, who testified as 6th prosecution witness (PW-6) in the ongoing terrorism…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment. Justice Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday, four years after Kanu was arrested in Kenya under contentious circumstances and brought back to Nigeria. He was subsequently charged with seven counts bordering…
….He Collected Millions from job Seekers The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, September 22, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of a former legislative aide and banker, Mr. Goni Yilkan, for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N120.5 million before Justice F. E Messiri of the Federal…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, refused the fresh bail application by Fred Ajudua. Ajudua is standing trial over alleged defrauding of a Palestinian national, Zad Abu Zalaf, of $1,043,000 under false pretences and he is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Recall that…
Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced the duo of Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi to one year imprisonment, each for hawking Naira notes. They arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo…
Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N5 billion defamation lawsuit against her colleague, Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, for allegedly making false and malicious statements about her. The lawsuit, filed on April 7, 2025, claims Nwaebonyi’s comments on Channels TV’s “Sunrise Daily” program and other platforms severely damaged her reputation. Alleged Defamatory Statements Nwaebonyi allegedly referred…
Ekaette Akpabio, the wife of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has initiated multiple legal actions against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator for Kogi Central, over accusations of defamation. These lawsuits come after Akpoti-Uduaghan’s remarks during a Friday interview on Arise TV, where she alleged that the Senate President had made sexual advances toward her both at his…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, December 23, 2024, arraigned the Managing Director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, Akindele Akintoye at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over an alleged $35 million fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud. On October 31,…
