LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced one Olukeye Adedayo to 76 years in prison for engaging in fraudulent activities, impersonation and child pornography. Adedayo was arraigned in 2024 on an 18-count charge by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned 14 Filipinos, and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud in Lagos. According to a statement obtained from EFCC’s X handle on Thursday,…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos State High Court at Tafawa Balewa Square has acquitted and discharged Frederick Nwajagu, the “Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate,” of terrorism charges. The court had on Wednesday ruled that the Lagos State Government failed to prove any of the ingredients of the charges against Nwajagu. The judge, Justice Yetunde Adesanya,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGER)A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, Nov. 29, restrained the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, and Lagos State Building Control Agency, LSBCA, from further demolition of residential houses in 6th Avenue, Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The trial judge, Justice Omolade Awope, had granted the…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos branch of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria has named Aransiola Kudus as the acting Chairman following a court ruling. Earlier, the Lagos state government had suspended RTEAN activities in the state, dissolved its elected leadership, and established a 25-member park management committee led by Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, also…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned a businesswoman, Saadatu Ramallan-Yaro, Director, April 1616 Investment Limited and Amsaymay Limited, both Designated Non-Financial Institutions, on alleged money laundering before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Also arraigned on separate…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court, Lagos has placed a “post-no-debit status/lien” on the accounts of two alleged drug traffickers domiciled in three commercial banks in Nigeria. The alleged drug kingpins, whose accounts were blocked by the court are Nnaemeka John Nwaozor and Levi Onwubiko Nwagu. They are currently…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu, to death by hanging for killing his employer, an 89-year-old woman, Ajoke John and her daughter, Oreoluwa in Lagos State. NAN reports that Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay held on Monday that the prosecution had sufficiently proven the 3-count charge bordering on murder…