•Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni A Ugandan student has been imprisoned for two months over a social media post criticising the country’s president, police said today, provoking alarm over freedom of speech ahead of next year’s election. President Yoweri Museveni is hoping to extend his 40-year rule over the east African country at the elect...
•One of the fake investigators of EFCC, Buhari Abdullahi The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, today, secured the conviction and sentence of two fake investigators of EFCC, Buhari Abdullahi and Umar Usman, before Justice Nasiru Saminu of the Kano State High Court. The duo were arraigned on a one-count char...
•The convicted fellows Justice D. E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced nine Chinese nationals to one-year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud, following their arrest in a major sting operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to a statement today via X ...
A Nigerian, Kingsley Utulu, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his role in a large-scale hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded the U.S. tax authorities and private individuals of over $2.5 million. The sentencing, announced on Saturday by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, […...
The High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) to three years imprisonment for electoral fraud during the 2019 general elections. Uduk, a Professor of Human Kinetics, served as a Collation/Returning officer for Essien Udim State Constituency in March, 2019, reports Channels TV. He has ...
•The convict, Chima Nkwocha A man, Chima Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire” has been jailed for two years for defrauding an American identified as Linda Wheeler of $345,000. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said Nkwocha was jailed after he was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Cou...
•Mama Boko Haram Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Thursday, convicted and sentenced Aisha Wakil popularly known as Mama Boko Haram and two others to five years imprisonment each. This was disclosed by the Head, Media & Publicity, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, yesterday. Wakil ...
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat A Kenyan court today sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for murdering Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat last year. After a nine-month trial, the High Court in the northwestern city of Eldoret last week found Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25, guilty of stabbing the 34-year-old steeplechase...
•Rescuers working after six-storey building collapse in China China has jailed 15 people for their roles in a building collapse that killed dozens and sparked a public scandal over construction standards, state media said today. In April 2022, a commercial building in the central city of Changsha caved in, leaving more than 50 people dead [&he...
A Gombe State High Court has sentenced an employee of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Dabiet Gilbert, to one year in prison for a job scam. Gilbert was accused of defrauding Akoh Accoustic of N800,000 with the promise of securing a job placement with the Nigerian Correctional Services, reports The PUNCH. Gilbert’s charge read, “That you [&he...
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