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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ugenyi Kalu, before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud.   The convict, a banker, was arraigned on a five-count charge, bordering on official corruption and gratification.   In a statement released today, …

A Kano State High Court has issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from withholding funds from the Federation Account to the 44 Local Governments in the state. The ruling, delivered on Monday, followed a motion filed by the applicants, including the Chairman of NULGE, Ibrahim Muhd, alongside Ibrahim Uba Shehu, Ibrahim Shehu Abubakar, …

Shocking details have emerged about a pastor from Khayelitsha in Cape Town, who is accused of exploiting his position to commit grievous acts against vulnerable young women.    The 51-year-old pastor appeared in Khayelitsha magistrate’s court last Friday, facing charges of r@pe, attempted r@pe, s3xual assault, attempted murd3r, and ass@ult with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.   The incidents …

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Minister of Petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke permission to amend her suit challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) order for the final forfeiture of her seized assets.   Justice Ekwo approved the amendment request after Diezani’s lawyer, Godwin Inyinbor, moved the motion, which the EFCC’s counsel, Divine …

The alleged arsonist responsible for the Usindiso Building fire, Lawrance Sithembiso Mdlalose, made his first appearance at the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Johannesburg on Friday, February 14, 2025.      Mdlalose,30, faces charges related to the deaths of 76 occupants and the fatal injury of 12 others in the blaze.     Following the incident, a …

Nigerian singer Bloody Civilian has officially been summoned to court for a hearing over the alleged defamation of Helen Ukpabio, the founder of Liberty Gospel Church. On February 13, 2025, a document posted online showed the writ of summons from a high court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, requesting that Bloody Civilian appear within 30 days. I got my …

Priscilla Ojo, the daughter of actress Iyabo Ojo, married Tanzanian singer Juma Jux in a court ceremony today, Feb. 13.  The couple, who already had a traditional Nikkah ceremony in Tanzania, had their court wedding in the same country.  A number of Nigerian celebrities travelled to Tanzania for the ceremony.       See videos and photos below.       …

A high court in Kano has scheduled April 15, 2025, for the hearing of preliminary objections in the corruption case against Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).   The Kano state government has filed an eight-count charge against Ganduje, his wife Hafsat, his son Umar Abdullahi Umar, and five others. The charges include bribery, misappropriation, …

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 36-year-old driver, Mustapha Aminu, receive 15 strokes of the cane for assaulting a police officer on duty.   The convict, who resides in Ungwan Sanusi, Kaduna, was found guilty of hitting a police officer, Sergeant Adamu Maigari, on the head with a log of wood.   Aminu pleaded guilty …

The Children, S3xual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a 65-year-old man, Joseph Nwankwo, who allegedly r3ped an eight-year-old girl.   The defendant is facing a one-count charge of def!lement.   According to the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Chinyere Okechukwu, the accused, committed the offence on December 28, 2024 at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area …