The application by the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Maurice Iwu, seeking the transfer of his N1.23bn fraud trial from Lagos to Abuja has been rejected. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos dismissed the application on Friday, saying it lacked merit. Giving reasons for dismissing the application, the judge said most of the witnesses by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were in Lagos and that...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on February 5, 2020 secured the final forfeiture of a building belonging to Adebayo Sanni, immediate past Executive Director of Harmony Holdings Limited of Kwara State Government. According to a statement by Tony Orilade, acting head of media and publicity of EFCC, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin granted the application filed by the counsel to the EFCC, Sesan...

A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 23-year old man, Okwudili Ayogu, to 10 years imprisonment for raping the daughter of his master. In his judgment delivered on Monday in Lokoja, Justice Nasir Ajanah, Chief Judge of Kogi, who presided over the matter, found the defendant guilty of the singular charge of rape. Ajanah said that the case: HCL/04C/2019 was determined on the strength of its successful prosecution by Iye Idama, Deputy...