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...

The High Court in Ado Ekiti Division in Ekiti State has pronounced a 28-year-old man, Ayodeji Alomoge, guilty of murder and sentenced him to death by hanging. The harrowing case stemmed from Alomoge's fatal altercation with a man rumored to be involved with his wife.Alomoge stood trial on a charge of murder, accused of perpetrating the heinous act on June 21, 2022, in Ikere Ekiti. According to the charge, he unlawfully took the life of one Ogunleye Ayomide, contrave...

In Ondo state, a High Court has sentenced a 78-year-old community leader, Ojo Komolafe, to death by hanging for killing a School Proprietor, Taofik Babalola,at the Kajola area of Odigbo council area on August 7, 2021.During the trial, police prosecutor, H.M. Falowo, called four witnesses, which included the deceased’s wife; a neighbour; a police officer and a pathologist. While giving evidence, the wife of the deceased, Mrs Babalola, said she heard a gunshot and imm...