The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced four persons to various prison terms for engaging in illegal foreign exchange transactions and unlawful trading of naira notes. The convicts, Ahmad Umar Baros, Aminu Umar Injay, Yusuf Suleimon and Olasunbo Sholanke, were sentenced by Justice F.N. Ogazi on Friday after pleading guilty to separate charges filed against them by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a bureau de change (BDC) operator, Dabo Malam Ardi, to two months' imprisonment…

The conviction is the latest in a number of cases involving BDC operators prosecuted by the EFCC at the Lagos court over foreign exchange transactions conducted outside the…