Crime & Metro

    Stanley Ihedigbo     Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has  intercepted another batch of seven containers bearing one million two hundred and twenty nine thousand four hundred bottles of the same substance worth over N9,835,200,000.00 at the Onne ports. According to the Director, Media…

      Stanley Ihedigbo   Justices A. Isiaka and Hauwa’u Buhari of the Kaduna State High Court and Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna have convicted and sentenced the quartet of Segun Emmanuel Joseph (a.k.a Alina Renatas), Aliyu Dominic Daniel (a.k.a Jojo Snow), Winner Joseph (a.k.a Williams Scot) and Kenneth Oche Oduh (a.k.a Robert Ben James) to various jail terms for internet fraud. According…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of five properties linked to a former Managing  Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Major-General U.M.Mohammed. The Judge gave the order following a motion on…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday,  July 17,  2024  turned down an application by a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello seeking a stay of proceedings and stalling of his arraignment in the alleged  N80.2billion money laundering…

      By Sherry Ricchiardi     Years ago, Dave Seglins was a reporter covering the court beat – the “big, heavy, ugly stuff,” as he described it. In 2010, he witnessed the horrors inflicted by a sadosexual killer when covering the case in court. The experience pushed him…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, ordered the final forfeiture of 20 cars stolen from Canada to Nigeria. The cars are  forfeited  to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Judge gave the order following a motion on notice filed by…

  Stanley Ihedigbo   Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence of five fraudsters before Justice A.A.Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The convicts are: Justine Chikeleze Onyedikachukwu, David Udoka Okafor, Godwin Favour Udoh, Ifeanyi…

    Stanley Ihedigbo   Justice Hamza Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court Maitama, Abuja dismissed the application of a former governor of  Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN),  Mr. Godwin Emefiele for a leave of the court to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical examination,…

        Stanley Ihedigbo     Trial of Ex Gov. Yahaya Bello’s nephew, Ali Bello and Dauda Sulaiman before Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, continued on Monday, July 15, 2024, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), presenting its Seventh Prosecution Witness…

    Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), raided a warehouse in VGC, Lekki, Lagos where they recovered 148 cartons of non-medical nitrous oxide popularly called laughing gas; 108 cartons of fast gas cylinder; 134 pieces of balloon and 109 cartons of infusion charger, among…