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Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found guilty of the allegation brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She was charged […]

High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, yesterday, issued a warrant of arrest on the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, over his alleged involvement in a N75 million fraud. In his ruling, Justice Charles Agbaza, directed the Commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), of the

The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of two assistant inspectors-general of Police to the next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General; it also approved the promotion of six Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and the elevation of seventeen Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners of Police. Husband and wife who joined the

CONGO-Brazzaville Telecommunications Regulations Authority (CTRA) has expressed its readiness to tap from the success of Nigeria’s telecoms market. This was made known when a delegation from the central African nation paid a scheduled visit to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), essentially to understudy the latter’s policies, practices and programmes that have made it a model

Justice Lateefa Okunnu of Lagos High Court has struck out a lawsuit against Veritas Registrars Limited for want of jurisdiction. The suit, No LD/569CM/2021, was between Pastor Anthony Afuye-Cyrus v. Veritas Registrars Limited. Afuye-Cyrus had claimed some employment related reliefs on the basis that he had been the subject of harassment, coercion, intimidation, victimisation and

The case between Eunisell Limited and its former employee, Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi, over alleged N2.9billion fraud, has been adjourned to January 20 and 21, 2021 for continued trial. Managing Director Eunisell Limited, Mr Chika Ikenga, last week, reaffirmed that a former employee of the company, Kenneth Ndubuisi Amadi, allegedly defrauded the company, by making customers

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered final forfeiture to the Federal Government of 60 buildings illegally acquired by a former Deputy Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Adenike Ishola Bintu. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), in a forfeiture proceeding, had approached Justice O.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday, denied receiving N52.12 billion as claimed by the Federal Government. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had recently said government released the money, as part of cumulative earned allowance owed the union. Addressing the media, Kano Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Abdulkadir Muhammad, said only N22.17 billion was released

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared the Chief Executive Officer of a Lagos-based forex training and capital investment company, MBA Capital and Trading Limited, Maxwell Odum, wanted over alleged fraud to the tune of N213bn. The anti-graft agency in a notice on Wednesday appealed to members of the public with details of the

The trial of a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Umar Dikko, resumed on Wednesday, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, with the continuation of the cross-examination of the defendant by the prosecuting counsel, Sylvanus Tahir. Dikko told the court that he bought properties worth N4.7bn through estacodes