Tag: Trial
Trial of Facebook lover adjourned again
For the third time, a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court on Friday adjourned the trial of Arthur Obiora, the Facebook lover, who…
Kidnappers Of Nigerian School Boy Charged
Nigerian Kidnappers who abducted for two days a seven-year old boy, Emmanuel Edi, in his school at Satellite town, Lagos…
EFCC closes case against ex-minister
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja…
Tracking device catches Nigerian thief
The police in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja have arrested an electronic dealer at Zone 3, shopping complex, for allegedly being…
72 year-old man charged with fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arraigned Mr. Abdullahi Mohammed alias Dan Hadeja, 72, before Justice Abubakar Tijani…
Man charged with assault on king
A middle-aged man, Sunday Akinseye, was on Monday arraigned before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a traditional ruler.…
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi for trial next month
Slain Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam will go on trial in September in the town of Zintan where…
Tukur: I will let my son face the music
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Nigeria’s ruling party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says if the court of law finds his…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Prophet turns woman sex slave for fake spiritual aid
Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Dennis Mmadu, 35, is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
2 ladies docked for theft
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja One Mrs. Sonia Iwuoha, 27, wife to a son of a retired Commissioner of Police and…
UK court jails Ethiopian diplomat for cannabis smuggling
A court in London on Thursday jailed an Ethiopian diplomat for trying to smuggle a large stash of cannabis through…
Nigerian faces death sentence in Malaysia
An Australian nurse and a Nigerian man face the possibility of death by hanging after a Malaysian court in Kuala…
More suspects charged with oil subsidy theft
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned two more oil marketers and an oil company before an…
EFCC docks bizman over dud cheques
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Tafag Nigeria Limited, Engr Thompson O…
N3b subsidy scam: EFCC set to charge 18 suspects
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has concluded arrangements to prosecute the first batch…
October 1 bomb meant to rattle government
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja,…
Senator on terror charge seeks travel papers
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Senator Mohammed Aliyu Ndume who is standing trial for allegedly providing finance and logistic supports to…
Nigeria: 2 men charged with Al-Qaeda links
A Nigerian court in the Federal capital of Abuja on Thursday accused two men of having links with Al-Qaeda in…
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…
Tambuwal docked by EFCC Over fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, arraigned Mr. Bello Tambuwal, 34, of Tambuwal Global…
Octogenarian docked over land scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the duo of Emmanuel Ogwale, 80, and John Nwafor before a…
Nigerian senator loses bid to quash terror charge
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Friday threw out an application brought by embattled…
EFCC tenders documents in pension scam case
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 13th , 2012, tendered two sets of documents in the prosecution…
3 men to die by hanging for robbery
A High Court in Abakaliki on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for robbery. The condemned men Chukwuma…
Pension scam: Accused persons trial stalled
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The resumed trial of former public servants before an Abuja High Court was on Monday stalled…
Terrorism: Nigerian Senator Moves To abort trial
Nnamdi Felix / abuja Senator Aliyu Ndume representing Bornu South senatorial District at the National Assembly who is standing trial…
Banker jailed for insider abuse
For granting himself and his other colleagues loans without following due process, a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has…
Student Jailed 2 years for Assault
An Upper Area Court in Jos has sentenced a 20-year old student, Adamu Yakubu, to two years imprisonment for breaking…
Police Re-Arrest ACN Gov Candidate In Court
There was pandemonium at an  Abuja Federal High Court today as 26 fully armed policemen on the orders of the…