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 Nigerian doctor, Femi Olaleye, has regained his freedom weeks after the Appeal court sitting in Lagos nullified his r@pe conviction.    Olaleye was arraigned in 2022 by the Lagos State Government at the Sexu@l Offences and Domestic Violence Court, in Ikeja, Lagos and was in October 2023, found guilty of defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece. The judge held that the …

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.    At the resumed trial of the former governor today, December 13, the presiding judge granted the former in the sum of N500 million, with two sureties in like sum.     He said the two sureties must …

Four men will appear in court next year in Paris over allegations they harassed French First Lady Brigitte Macron online, including likening her to a paedophile’. Recall that disinformation on Macron’s gender has circulated on social media for years, and she has also been attacked over the 24-year age difference with President Emmanual Macron.  In August, Brigitte Macron filed a complaint and …

An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has fixed January 20, 2025, for the arraignment of Ahmed Kuru, former managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), over allegations of N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud.   Kuru is to be arraigned alongside Roy Ilegbodu, managing director of Arik Air; Kamilu Omokide, receiver manager of Arik Air; Union …

A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecent treatment and sexual assault of a minor by rubbing her a.n*s and caressing her br3asts with his hands.   Justice Rahman Oshodi who handed down the verdict on Wednesday, December 11, convicted Folorunsho of two …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jabi,  Abuja has convicted and sentenced one Praise Humphrey Igbo (a.k.a) Jessica Allen to one year imprisonment for fraud amounting to $115,000.    Humphrey who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge, bordering on internet crime, criminal impersonation, was convicted by Justice H.L Abba-Aliyu …

The Kano State High Court has postponed the hearing of preliminary objections in the bribery and misappropriation case involving the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven other defendants to February 13, 2025.    The case, filed by the Kano State Government, centers on allegations of bribery, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds amounting …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction against Lagos-based lawyer Dele Farotimi, restraining him and his representatives from publishing, selling, or distributing his book Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.    The order, granted by Justice Peter Kekemeke, applies to both physical and digital versions of the book and extends to various entities, …

Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud.   …

The trust divides control of the company equally among four of Rupert Murdoch’s children – Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan and James – after he dies. Lachlan Murdoch has been the head of Fox News and News Corp since late last year, when his father stepped down. ADVERTISEMENT A court has ruled against Rupert Murdoch’s effort to change his family’s trust to …