LAGOS 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, will know the fate of money found in accounts linked to her on July 1, a Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled. The court on Thursday fixed judgement for July 1 in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking final forfeiture of…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has admitted in evidence a video showing an Islamic cleric, Taofeek Adamu, confessing to beheading a member of his mosque for N4,000. Adamu, 61, of Masinowe compound, Ikoga in Badagry, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder, preferred against him by the Lagos State…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court at Igbosere has sentenced a woman, Mrs. Philomena Nwanorue to 22 years in prison for falsification of documents in a Visa application.Spokesperson to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja.She said the ICPC arraigned the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-An Ikeja High Court in Lagos, has ruled that the Nigeria Police can arrest a cleric, Prophet Samson Ayorinde over alleged issuance of a N118million dud cheque leveled against him. Mr Ayorinde is the General Overseer of the World Evangelism Church, Bible Church, WEBIC, Ojota in Lagos. Justice Yetunde Adesanya, while delivering…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Mojisola Olatiregun on Wednesday granted bail to former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose who is facing charges of corruption brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She granted him bail in the sun of N50m with two…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials in Ogun before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged laundering of N179.8 million. It would be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned the trio of Yemi Akinwonmi, Dickson Atiba…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has again refused bail to the Managing Directors (MD) of Samadores Ltd and Aqua Rock Real Estate, Samuel Okeke, describing him as a flight risk. The court denied bail to the applicant, following opposition from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Mojisola Dada,of the Lagos State High Court Ikeja, has ordered for the remand of the Managing Director, Forthright Properties Ltd , Isaac Akintoye and two others in prison custody over alleged N120 millions land scam. Others remanded in prison custody alongside Akintoye, are Samuel Okeke and Ifeanyi Ndigwe, they will remain…