A Lagos State High Court sentenced bus driver Elijah Shokoya to 12 years in prison for the manslaughter of LASTMA officer Olawale Akinmade. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has sentenced Elijah Shokoya, a commercial bus driver, to 12 years in prison for the manslaughter of Olawale Akinmade, an officer … Read more
Trump’s Conviction Spurs Record Fundraising, Raises Nearly $53 Millionn. Trump was convicted on all 34 charges of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment. Trump’s campaign website redirected to a fundraising page immediately after the conviction. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Donald Trump’s campaign announced Friday that it had raised nearly $53 million in … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court on Friday nullified the conviction of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and his sentencing to seven years imprisonment for offences of fraud and money laundering. The apex court ordered his immediate release from Ikoyi prisons in Lagos where he is being held. EDITOR’S PICKS OPM’s Apostle Chibuzor Rushed To … Read more
Okupe has opened up on conviction by a court over N702m fraud. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director-General of the Labour party presidential campaign council, Doyin Okupe, has broken silence following the ruling of the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday sentencing him to jail. This online media platform gathered that Okupe, right-hand man … Read more
Bawa has appealed a court order sending him to prison. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has appealed the court ruling sending him to the Kuje Correctional Centre for contempt. EDITOR’S PICKS Court Sends EFCC Boss, Bawa To Kuje Prison PDP Crisis: Some Governors … Read more
Aisha Alkali-Wakil, commonly known as Mama Boko Haram, one Tahiru Saidu-Daura, and Lawal Shoyode were found guilty and sentenced on Monday before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Eko Hot Blog reports that a statement by the anti-graft … Read more
A filmmaker, Seun Egbegbe, has been released from prison after conviction for fraud. Eko Hot Blog reports that Nollywood filmmaker, Olajide Kareem, alias Seun Egbegbe, has regained his freedom after spending more than six years in prison custody. EDITOR’S PICKS Again, CUPP Raises Alarm Over Plot To Remove INEC Chair Labour Party Unveils 1,234-member Campaign … Read more
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in Lagos have disclosed secured conviction of five human trafficking offenders this year. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Zonal Command, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has so far secured the conviction of five … Read more
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho Emmanuel (aka Thomas Brooks) for offences bordering on cheating. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 8, 2019 found Thomas Brooks guilty of the one-count charge preferred against him after he … Read more