An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 30- year-old man, Shola Oguntuase to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old JSS3 student. The convict was arraigned and tried before Justice Adekunle Adeyeye on one-count charge of defilement. Delivering judgment, Justice…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the gruesome killings of farmers in Edumoga, Okpokwu local government area of the state by gunmen believed to be Fulani terrorists as barbaric. In a press statement signed by…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a business woman, Mrs. Ramat Mercy Mba, for allegedly defrauding job seekers of N4.5 million. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal to two years imprisonment. Justice Emeka…
A 47-year-old man, Saheed Salami, was, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged fraud. The defendant, whose address was not provided, was charged with obtaining money under false pretence and theft. The Prosecutor, ASP Sikiru Ibrahim,…
Four friends were on Tuesday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State for allegedly stealing six 12kg gas cylinders, three bicycles and two wheelbarrows. The police charged Abiodun Oyinlola, 28; Adam Aiyekpo, 25; Kelechi Johnson, 29 and…
The Police Command in Oyo State has revealed that the Command had begun a manhunt on the abductors of Bishop Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, his wife and driver. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP…
A section of Nigerian lawyers and judges have said that the adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become imperative in contemporary Nigerian legal practice. This was the top of issues discussed at the 2022 Bar Week of the Nigeria…
The Borno Police Command says security operatives have arrested a Boko Haram suspect, Mubarak Alhaji Jubunai, in Gamborun Ngala Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdu Umar, confirmed this in Maiduguri on…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dislodged and destroyed five illegal refineries at Obodo community in Warri North, Delta. NSCDC Spokesman, Mr Olusola Odumosu, stated on Monday in Abuja that based on intelligence report, two suspected male…
