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A former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, will be arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged N900 million fraud, on July 6. Prof. Ojerinde is being prosecuted by the…

Yemisi Olusina A human trafficker, Martins Chidiebere-Mephor was, on Friday, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment, by a Federal High Court, in Lagos, for trafficking a 20-year-old lady to Libya. The 36-year-old, Imo…

A mild drama occurred at an Ikeja High Court, on Tuesday, as  defence counsel, Mr Allen Agbaka,  absconded from courtroom midway into cross-examination of retired  Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, a former Chief of Army Staff. Agbaka is part of…

The police in Ibadan on Thursday arraigned three persons in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for alleged double registration in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday admitted six men facing trial for drug trafficking to bail in the sum of N30 million each. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged Celestine Okeke, 36; Nwokolo Amobi, 38;…

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The trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, took a different turn, on Monday, when a witness on the matter approached to court with a script. It was reported that when Onnoghen opened his defence on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday re-arraigned a  former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank PLC, Erastus Akingbola in a Federal High Court in Lagos State, for alleged Money Laundering…

Absence of Evans’ counsel, Mr Chino Obiagwu (SAN), on Friday again stalled the continuation of hearing in the on-going trial of the alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…

Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiye of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, on Tuesday reserved judgment until Thursday in a cyber-crime case involving an 18-year-old man, Magnus Onuoha. Onuoha who is standing trial on a count charge of…