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An Ikeja High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted a travel agent, Ifeoma Anagha, charged with fraudulently obtaining a Nigerian Passport and Brazilian Visa. The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ( ICPC) had charged Anagha on two counts of obtaining property by false pretences and stealing. Justice Hakeem Oshodi held that prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the essential ingredients of the offences it charged the travel agent with. The prosecution has failed to prove that the Brazilian Visa that was given to the complainant (Mr Uchenna Okoye) is fake. “The defendant made a refund of N300,000 to the complainant.…

Francis Atuche The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Thursday affirmed the conviction of former Managing Director of defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, for N25.7bn fraud however decreased his sentence of 12 years to 6 years. The courtroom docket additionally affirmed the conviction of Atuche’s co-convict Ugo Anyanwu, who become sentenced to ten years` imprisonment via way of means of the decrease courtroom docket for stealing and conspiracy to thieve. Anyanwu`s prison time period become additionally decreased to 8 years. Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja had on June 16, 2021, sentenced…

A Supreme Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the detention of the remains of five young men accused of torturing a woman in a viral video at the Federal Correctional Institute in Mandala, Ilorin until August 1, 2022. Five defendants, Jimoh Abdulfatai, Olamide Babatunde, Afeez Ayomide, Agboola Abdulsamad and Yakubu Mustapha were convicted on five counts. They allegedly assaulted and tortured a young woman, Ayomide Afolayan, from Songa Village, Shao, Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, on Monday, June 20, 2022. prosecution, five defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, criminal intimidation, and indecent assault contrary to…

It has long been established that a judge has the power to re-open their judgment or order at any time until the order has been sealed. In a recent decision, the Supreme Court has clarified the approach a judge should adopt if asked to exercise this power, finding that the  essential task is to do justice in accordance with the overriding objective of the CPR: AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16. The Supreme Court rejected the notion that the discretion is constrained by a need to show “exceptional circumstances” before a judgment can be revisited, as stated…

A domestic violence and sex crime court in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced Ayodele Bailey to life in prison for defiling a 15-year-old girl. Abiola Soladoye, the judge, stated that the unclean case against the convict was proven by the prosecution. “The accused is rude and selfish. The survivor gave her testimony in a sincere, convincing, positive and wonderful way. She was brave,” NAN quoted the judge. “The defendant’s story is full of lies. He is a reckless and ruthless defendant. Herein, he is found guilty of the charges against which he is charged. He was sentenced to life in prison…

Dr.Folasade Yemi-Esan The federal government ordered the immediate suspension of 3,000 workers for allegedly presenting false federal public service employment certificates. The Federation’s Chief of Civil Service, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made the point Wednesday in Abuja, during a media conference as part of activities marking the celebration of Public Week celebrations. office 2022. She revealed that 3,000 workers with fake certificates were discovered by the Federal Civil Service during the process of the Commission verifying the certificates and ordered the immediate suspension of the certificates. there. Yemi-Esan said the new findings came after about 1,500 federal public service workers…

An alleged fake lawyer on Wednesday met his nemesis right inside a courtroom and he was promptly arrested by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The fake lawyer who said he works with the firm of Aladejobi and Aladejobi and Co was at a Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada’s Special offences Court. The alleged fake lawyer according to findings was said to have claimed to be a lawyer to one of the sureties to Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha. He came to the court with a letter requesting for the court proceedings…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has dismissed the concept of “placeholder” for vice-presidential candidates as illegal, saying it “has no place in Nigeria’s constitutional and legal framework.” To beat the June 17 deadline for submission of presidential and vice presidential candidates, some parties submitted names of vice-presidential candidates who they described as placeholders. The ruling All progressives Congress, APC, and the Labour Party, LP, are caught in the web of placeholder running mates In the APC, Kabiru Masari, the party’s Welfare Secretary was named as the running mate to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Some APC leaders said Masari is a…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from going ahead with its plan to end the ongoing voter registration exercise on June 30. The judge, Mobolaji Olajuwon, made the interim order in a ruling on an application for an interim injunction by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 other concerned Nigerians. The applicants had urged the court to extend the voter registration period to avert illegal disenfranchisement of many yet-to-be-registered Nigerians willing to vote in various elections. According to a statement by SERAP on Monday, the applicants filed…

The Maiduguri High Court sentenced Aisha Wakil, more commonly known as Mama Boko Haram, to five years in prison for defrauding N71.4 million. Lawyer Wakil was convicted along with two others, including Tahiru Saidu Faura and Prince Lawal Shoyode. The conviction was delivered by the Regional Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday 14 June 2022 at the Supreme Court in Maiduguri. Presiding Judge Aisha Kumaliya of Borno State High Court, Maiduguri sentenced defendants to 5 years in prison without the possibility of a fine. While the defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, the prosecution…