Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has come to his father’s defence after allegations that El-Rufai admitted to wire-tapping phone of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. Sharing on Twitter, Bashir clarified that his father did not claim to have tapped any phone himself, explaining that El-Rufai was referring to…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of the duo of Sani Endurance Aferokhe and Hillary Odo, two former bankers, for criminal diversion of N10.3m, belonging to customers of the bank. Justice A. O. Onovo of the Enugu State High Court sitting in Independence…
The Katsina State High Court has sentenced the Director of Administration of the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Rabiu Musa Matazu, to five years in prison for abuse of office and criminal breach of trust. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday by…
The United States of America has set the sentencing of a former employee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Paulinus Okoronkwo, who is facing trial for allegedly receiving a bribe of $2.1m from a Swiss company while in the service of the corporation, for December 1, as he now risks a maximum of 25…
“We receive the good news of the conviction of the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, by the Finnish court. “His conviction for the charges of terrorism and other related offences filed against him by the Finnish government is a confirmation that Ekpa had influenced and committed heinous crimes against the…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday , August 27, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of three internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicts are: Shodeinde Taiwo Samuel, Oyetunde Eniola Ayomide and Akinola Samuel Bolutife. They are…
A nurse in Florida, USA, Alex Von Yates who was caught having sex with her 15-years old stepson, will do lesser time in jail after a plea bargain. Miss Yates’ husband claimed to have walked in on her naked on the couch with his son who was visiting them for summer holiday in 2024. Yates…
Eight residents of Lagos State have been sent to jail for one month by the Special Offences (Mobile Court) sitting in Oshodi after being arrested for urinating publicly and engaging in a breach of peace in the Yaba area of the state. They were arraigned before the court over offence punishable under Section 168(1) d)…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, has convicted and sentenced the quintet of Yusuf Amadu, Babila Sani, Ibrahim Umar, Ephraim Jonas Okoro and Saidu Mohammed to jail for illegal mining. They were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on seperate one-count charge that bordered…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced nine Chinese nationals, including two women, to one year’s imprisonment each for offences bordering on economic sabotage and financial terrorism. Justice Daniel Osiagor delivered the judgment on Wednesday, following the defendants’ guilty plea under a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
