Lukman Adeyemi, a 50-year-old bricklayer, is finally free after spending 24 agonizing years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. His story is one of unimaginable loyalty, hardship, and resilience.At the age of 26, Lukman accompanied his friend, Ismaila Lasisi, to the police station. Ismaila had been summoned by the police, and Lukman, out of loyalty, decided to support his friend by going with him. Little did he know that this act of solidarity would lead to his...

The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced one Kolawole Erinle, Managing Director of Rinde-Remdex Nigeria Limited, to 12 years imprisonment for defrauding Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, (KCUMB), United States, of about $1.4 million.This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Dele Oyewale.The statemen...

One pastor named Friday Okeneji, 29, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Akure Magistrate’s Court for breaking into a shop, where he stole some chemical substances worth N130,000.Okeneji, the presiding pastor of a church in Iwaro Oka Akoko, Ondo State, was said to have committed the offences on July 2, 2023, at Iwaro Oka Akoko.The convict, who pleaded guilty to the two-count charge read to him, confessed that he committed the offence to survive.He tol...