By Flowerbudnews The Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organisation (CAPIO) says community service sentences will deter offenders from committing crimes, reduce prolonged trial period and cost of maintaining inmates in the country. The Legal Officer of CAPIO, Mr Wilson Nneji, said this on Monday in after a presentation at a One-dayContinue Reading
By Flowerbud News May 4, 2024 Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a former manager with First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for diverting fixed deposit funds ofContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday granted an ex-parte motion for stay of contempt proceedings filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and issued against its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, by ex- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. The Court of Appeal, presided over by JusticeContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to seal off a company, Ifedi A.K. Nigeria Ltd, over allegations bordering on non-filing of annual returns. The Magistrate, Janada Balami, gave the order after lawyer to FCT-IRS,Continue Reading
Courtesy: 1440 Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday for violating US money laundering laws and federal sanctions at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The sentence is less than the three years prosecutors had sought and the 12- to 18-month sentencing guidelines for the crime. Continue Reading
Flowerbudnews Scores of youths from Kogi, on Wednesday, trooped out in Abuja to ventilate their disappointment with the handling of the allegations of corruption preferred against ex-Governor Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The youths, under the auspices of Kogi Independent Youths Association (KIYA), inContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews An Abuja-based human rights and constitutional lawyer, Emmanuel Ekpenyong Esq. on Wednesday, vowed to appeal a judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division which dismissed his case against the Federal Government on alleged prevalence of extra-judicial killings in the country. The Appeal Court upheld a lower court’sContinue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja has granted an application for substituted service of the interim order, restraining Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from its plan to increase tariffs on DStv and Gotv packages beginning From May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii,Continue Reading
Flowerbudnews A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) sitting in Abuja, on Monday, restrained Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. The three-member tribunal, presided over by Saratu Shafii, gave the interim order following an ex-parte motionContinue Reading
