Convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction and multiple sentences imposed by the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that the trial was riddled with fundamental legal errors and amounted to a miscarriage of justice. In the notice of appeal dated February 4,…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, convicted and sentenced one Olawale Solomon Faleti, a former employee of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, to two years and five months imprisonment for N48.9million theft. Investigation revealed that Faleti, who maintained several accounts with one of the new generation…
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) has said the challenge of drug scourge in the country still remains monumental and as such there is need for more work to be done. Marwa disclosed that 45,853 arrests were made, 8.5 million kilogrammes of drugs seized, and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has showered encomium on the Ola Olukoyede leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for achieving new heights in asset recovery and convictions. He gave the commendation in his keynote address and official opening of the 7th EFCC-NJI Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges, on Monday, October 20,…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a civil servant, Mr. Ewere Morgan Eseosa, for receiving double salaries in gross violation of anti-corruption laws. Following a detailed investigation, the commission uncovered that Mr. Eseosa had been simultaneously drawing salaries from two separate government entities: the University of…
The late Gen. Abacha Some of military officers convicted for coup plotting and sentenced to various jail terms by the late Gen. Sani Abacha government in 1995 have written a letter to President Bola Tinubu pleading for restoration and compensation. They described the coup as phantom which was meant to silence young officers by Gen….
The Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and seven years prison sentence of one Onyekachi Nwosu, a former employee of Guaranty Trust Bank for his commission of over N50 million loan fraud. Nwosu was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a…
