Though their action contributed to the fall of the rising bank then, however, a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday sentenced the former Managing Director of defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche and a former Chief Financial Officer of the bank, Ugo Anyanwu to 126 years imprisonment for stealing a N25.7 billion theft belonging to the bank.The 3rd defendant, Anyanwu was sentenced to eighty-four years of the twenty seven counts amendment with which he was...

Nothing is really new under the sun, and crime can always be committed by anyone irrespective of the office the person holds, this is a sequel to the sentence by an Ikeja court for a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel who has now been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church.Samuel, who is an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before...

Abdulsalam Idris, a promising 300-level medical student at the University of Jos (Unijos), tragically lost his life yesterday in the university clinic. Reports suggest that Abdulsalam sustained severe injuries following an assault allegedly orchestrated by a group led by another student, Fisal Dahiru Ibrahim.The security unit at Unijos confirmed the devastating news, stating that Abdulsalam's body had been transferred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) f...