Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve a copy of the charge against the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on his lawyer, Abdulwahab…
Carpenter bags life for rape, man arraigned for rifle possession, police arrest suspects in 6 days and a lot more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Carpenter bags life jail for raping neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter (Punch) Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja…
Fed Govt faults Kanu’s fresh request for bail
The prosecution in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted his fresh request for bail. Kanu is being tried for offences bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony before a…
Court grants Adeleke’s appointee N50m bail with 2 sureties
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has granted one Olalekan Oyeyemi, an appointee of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke N50m bail application with two sureties in like sum. The sureties the judge said must include a traditional…
Bobrisky jailed without option of a fine
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Naira. The judge while sentencing the…
Bobrisky may spend Eid-il-fitri holiday in custody
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, aka Bobrisky, may spend the Eid-il-Fitri break in detention. Bobrisky was arrested on April 3 and convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, April 5, 2024, after pleading guilty to the charges…
EFCC to arraign Bobrisky over alleged N180.7m laundering, abuse of N490k today
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), will today arraign popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving N180.7 million. The anti-graft agency…
Court gives DSS go-ahead to detain Nigerian link to ISIS for 60 days
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an interim order sought by the Department of State Service (DSS) to detain Emmanuel Osase, a Nigerian suspected to be a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for…
Alleged $5.6m fraud: Court remands Oil Magnate, Akindele, in prison
A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded a businessman, Akintoye Akindele, in the Nigerian Correction Centre in Kuje, FCT over alleged $5.6 million fraud. Justice James Omotosho on Friday ordered the remand of Akindele, who is the Managing Director…
Lawyer sues AGF over inoperative foreign judgement reciprocal enforcement act
An Abuja-based lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong, has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to Supreme Court for failing to promulgate an order to bring Part 1 of the Foreign Judgment Reciprocal Enforcement Act,…
