Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano has convicted and sentenced Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka to seven years imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N5.6million by false pretence. The convict was arraigned on August 18, 2021, on five-count charges of dishonest misappropriation of funds totaling N5,600,000.00 Uzoamaka bagged her imprisonment when…
Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on Thursday convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director, Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM to 490 years imprisonment for bank fraud. The convict was arraigned in 2021 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 49-count charge, bordering on obtaining money…
A Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his female accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, will spend a combined 37 years in prison after a South African court found them guilty of drug trafficking. It was learnt that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for orchestrating their drug-running operations through social media. While Mzwakhe received…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 18, convicted and sentenced the duo of Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim to two years and two months’ imprisonment for their roles in an ₦8.56 billion fraud, involving unauthorized access to a new-generation bank’s computer systems. Zakaria and Ibrahim…
A Bayelsa State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old woman, Mariam Omokiri, who hails from neighbouring Delta State, to seven years’ imprisonment for human trafficking. The convict will also pay a fine of N1million for trafficking, exporting, and promoting prostitution of young girls, the court said. The court gave the judgment on Wednesday on charges…
A serving accountant in the Oyo State Health Management Board, Wahab Olabanji, has been sentenced to a total jail term of 15 years following his conviction for fraudulently collecting various sums of money from unsuspecting victims with the promise of giving them employment. Wahab, who until his trial was the Chief Executive Officer (Accounts) on…
A Dubai court has sentenced the owner of Rahmaniya Group and Ultimate Oil & Gas, Abdulrahman Bashar, to one year in prison for a financial crime involving his dealings with CI Energy Company, an oil and gas firm. The ruling marks the second time in less than five years that Abdulrahman Bashar would be sentenced…
