Alleged $1bn Fraud: Court Rejects CBEX Operators’ Bail Applications
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has rejected the bail application filed by three promoters of Crypto […]
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Court Jails Five Chinese for Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of five […]
Alleged Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud: I Deposited Naira Equivalent of 5,000–10,000 USDT Almost Daily For Three Months into Genting International Firm
The second prosecution witness, PW2, Alhassan Garba, a Bureau De Change operator in the ongoing trial of one Huang Haoyu, a Chinese national, and others, […]
Beninese man bags two-year jail term for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a Beninese national, Hounsou Chegoun, to two years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking. Chegoun was […]
Landlord’s son bags eight-month imprisonment for stealing from tenants
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday sentenced one Kamilu Olona to eight-month imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s […]
Court Jails Nigerian Musician In US For $140,000 Tax Fraud As Convict Faces Deportation
A Nigerian man, Onomen Uduebor, has been sentenced to three years and four months in a United States federal prison for his role in a […]
₦30 Billion Fraud: EFCC Tenders Evidence Against Ex-Head Of Service, Oyo-Ita
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has presented video footage showing former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, calmly writing her confessional statement, countering claims […]
Court Jails Man Seven Years for N11.4m Land Fraud in Enugu
Justice U. J. Mogboh of the Enugu State High Court sitting in Agbani, Enugu State on June 19, 2025 convicted and sentenced one George Amechi […]
Conspiracy to Steal: How I rejected $7,000 bribe for access to Compromise Bank Internal System, Witness told court
A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by […]
Speed Darlington Defies NAPTIP Arrest Warrant, Says ‘I’m Not Coming’
A Nigerian singer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has defied an arrest warrant by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in […]