Tag: conviction
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Verdict: No records to show Tinubu’s conviction – PEPC declares
The judges of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal have stated that there is no proven record showing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was arrested or convicted for any crimes. Delivering a ruling on the petition of the Labour and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the tribunal noted that struck out the petitions claim that Tinubu’s…
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Just In: Supreme Court clears Nwaoboshi of N805m scam, quashes 7yr jail term
The Supreme Court had in a split decision of four-to-one set aside the conviction and sentencing to seven years imprisonment of Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi for offences of fraud and money laundering. In a lead judgment by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court held that Nwaobishi and the two
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2.1bn fraud: Appeal Court upholds Maina’s conviction
The Court of Appeal on Friday in Abuja upheld the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court which sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina to eight years imprisonment. Maina, who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), was sentenced
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Just In: Doyin Okupe pays N13m conviction fine for fraud
Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid the sum of N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the
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Appeal court reduces Francis Atuche’s jail term to eight years
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has upheld the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, and reduced his jail term from 10 years to eight years. Apart from not setting aside Atuche and the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer, Ugo Anyanwu, the court…
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Drama in court as EFCC move to rearrest Abdulrasheed Maina, after 8-year jail sentence
There was a mild drama at the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, after Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), was convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Okon Abang, the presiding judge in the money laundering suit filed by…
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N362m Diezani bribe: Appeal Court upholds conviction of ex-INEC staff
The Court of Appeal, Yola Division, Adamawa State has affirmed the conviction of Ibrahim Mohammed Umar, a former electoral officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Yola South Local Government Area. Umar and his accomplice had earlier been convicted of a three-count charge by an Adamawa State High Court and sentenced to seven…
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Court sets aside conviction of firms linked to Patience Jonathan
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has set aside the conviction of four companies linked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with Dr Waripamo Owei Dudafa, an aide to former president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of the former President. According to a statement by the companies’ lawyer, Mike Ozekhome…
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George Floyd: Killer cop, Derek Chauvin gets sentencing date days after conviction
The sentencing date for Derek Chauvin has been set for June 16, following the former Minneapolis police officer’s conviction on three counts in the murder of George Floyd. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the sentencing will happen at 1:30 p.m. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree…
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George Floyd: Biden, Obama, Boris Johnson, other world leaders react to conviction of Chauvin
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the murder conviction of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd a “step forward” but said such a verdict was much too rare in a country plagued by systemic racism. “This can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America,”…