Former governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame have been released from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre. The Nigerian Correctional Service spokesman in the FCT, Chukwuedo Humphrey, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. Three other persons whose identities were not disclosed were also released. Mr Humphrey said that the letter of their release was sent […]
The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the conviction and 12-year prison sentence that was handed to former governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame, for stealing public funds. On Nov. 17, 2019, the Court of Appeal also upheld the conviction of Nyame. How Fashola got Buhari smiling, grinning broadly The court, in two unanimous judgments […]
…Reduces Nyame’s 14-year jail term to 12 years plus N495m fine … Dariye to serve 10 years in prison instead of 14 years The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday partially upheld the convictions of former Governors of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Chief Joshua Dariye, who are […]
This is Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court who found former governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame guilty for criminal breach of trust on 23rd May 2018. She was so appalled at Nyame’s brazen theft of public money that she bellowed: “There’s no moral justification for the level of outright […]
About two weeks after former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame was sentenced to prison without an option of fine, another former State Governor and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Joshua Dariye (APC, Plateau Central) on Tuesday, bagged 14 years jail term. After a judgment that lasted about eight hours, Justice […]
Ex Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State currently serving a 14 years jail term in Kuye prison would have been a freeman enjoying his liberty on the street but for a petition written by a widow against her late husband brother, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in its latest magazine Alert. The […]
…EFCC investigation against ex-governor began in 2005 …Nyame heads for Appeal Court to seek redress Strong indications emerged last night about how investigation carried out in November 2005 by the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, who was then the Head of Investigation Unit for the of the […]
…Judge sentences Taraba ex- Gov to 14-year jail term without option of fine …Berates Nyame for reckless, shameful spending of N350m …EFCC secures conviction of another former governor Eleven years after he committed the offences, an Abuja High Court in Gudu on Wednesday, demonstrated that no matter the delay, law will caught up with offenders […]
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu on a 41-count charge of criminal misappropriation of N1.64bn state funds will know his fate on February 14, 2017 as to whether […]