Tag: conviction
EFCC secures 40 convictions In January
Mr Tony Orilade, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman, says the commission recorded 40 convictions in January.
Former staff of National Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano convicted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of two former employees of the National Orthopaedic…
EFCC records 126 convictions in 2014
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday said it recorded 126 convictions in 2014. This was contained in…
Army Leadership And Its Convicted Warriors
By Adewale Stephen While the entire country was anticipating the breaking of any cheery news on the missing war jet,…
Pistorius Guilty Of Manslaughter
Celebrity athlete Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide in shooting dead his glamorous girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp,…
Israel convicts ex-PM Olmert for corruption
A Tel Aviv court on Monday found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property development,…
ICC convicts Congolese warlord
The Congolese warlord Germain Katanga was on Friday convicted of being an accessory to crimes including murder and pillage committed…
Pregnant woman convicted for cannabis trafficking
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of Nigeria’s Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old pregnant woman, Saudat Wasiu, to three…
British woman jailed for drugs blames Nigerian gang
A former British police community support officer Andrea Waldeck, jailed for 14 years in Indonesia after pleading guilty to smuggling…
Man, 28, jailed for stealing 7 pairs of shoes from mosque
A lower court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has sentenced a 28 year old man to four months in…
Al-Mustapha Must Not Escape Justice —Kudirat’s Children
Following the filing of an appeal at the Supreme Court by the Lagos State Government against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…
Italy: Berlusconi party MPs resign to protest conviction
Lawmakers from Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom Party (PDL) tendered their resignation from Italy’s parliament Friday to protest the tax…
WikiLeaks Whistleblower found guilty of espionage
A US military judge found Wikileaks’ source Private Bradley Manning guilty of several counts of espionage on Tuesday but cleared…
NDLEA Arrests 41 With N2.3bn Worth Of Drugs
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Mohammad International Airport , Lagos, arrested 41 suspected drug traffickers in…
Cripple, 19 Beggars Sent To Jail
A 45-year old cripple, Sunday Erim Udoyo and 19 others have been convicted by the Special Offences Court in Alausa…
Man Opts For Jail Term In Exchange For N2m
A 33-year old man, Dike Okwunna, who was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing and lying before…
My Pikin: Convicts Seek Bail Pending Appeal
Two managers of Barewa Pharmarceutical Company, Adeyemo Abiodun and Egbele Austine Eremosele, convicted for producing adulterated My Pikin teething mixture,…
Where Achebe Erred -Tanimu Abubakar
Professor Tanimu Abubakar, teacher of Comparative Literature at the Ahmadu Bello University, tells FEMI ADI where the late Professor Chinua…
Pardon For Alams: Afenifere, Aturu, Keyamo Slam Jonathan
The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, activist, Bamidele Aturu, Festus Keyamo, former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa and others…
Plea Bargain And The Yakubu Yusuf’s Verdict
By Akido Agenro The conviction by the Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Abubakar Talba of John Yakubu…
House Leader, Councillors Sentenced
A Port Harcourt High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Southsouth Nigeria, has convicted Emeka Godwin, the…
2 Lebanese bizmen convicted for forex smuggling
Two Lebanese businessmen in Nigeria, Hassan Rmaiti and Talal Hammoud who were arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos…
Computer programmer convicted in Vatican leaks scandal
VATICAN CITY(AFP) – A Vatican court on Saturday convicted a computer programmer working in the tiny state of helping Pope…
2 EFCC staff jailed over bribe
Two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku, who were arraigned on October…
Court Jails man Over $53,500 Internet Scam
A 22 year old internet fraudster, Bike John Niye has been sentenced to one and half years imprisonment by a…
Court jails 2 for stealing auto bike
An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada in Nigeria’s Federal capital, Abuja on Wednesday sentenced two men to one year imprisonment…
‘Ibori’s Conviction, A Warning To Corrupt Politicians’
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday said that the conviction of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, for money…