A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that two men; Jabir Idris,25, and Salisu Hamisu,32, be given 12 strokes of cane each for theft of mobile phones. Idris, a resident of Jakara Quarters, and Hamisu of Dandishe Quarters all in…
A 31-year-old former bank staff, Kazeem Adeleye, on Friday appeared in Chief Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos, for alleged N28.3million fraud. The police charged Adeleye, whose address was not given with three counts of conspiracy, fraud and theft. The prosecution…
Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a businesswoman, Fatima Akinpelu and Azeez, on grounds that he wants to use his wife for money ritual. Delivering judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President held that…
A 35-year-old man, Femi Adesaji, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrate Court in Ota, Ogun, for allegedly tampering with a prepaid meter belonging to Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company(IBEDC). The police charged Adesaji, who lives in Ota with three counts of…
A widow, from Nkek, in Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, Mrs Mfon Udoidiong, has said that a policeman, Mr Idongesit Ekanem, killed her son on Sept.9, 2017, for failure to give him N100 he demanded. She made the…
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin Kwara state Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old lady, Medinat Ibrahim, for faking her own kidnap, alongside two other accomplices. The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Lawal- Bagega, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Ilorin, the…
A 20-year-old motorcyclist, Dauda Rabiu, on Thursday appeared before a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged criminal breach of trust and theft. The Police charged Rabiu, of Dagiri in Gwagwalada, with two-count of criminal breach of trust and theft. The…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that two men, Ojodale Akpali and John Sunday be remanded in custody for allegedly stealing of goods worth N470.000 from a shop. Akpali, 27, and Sunday, 30, whose addresses were not provided,…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a man, Olugbenga Ojoomo, 46, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly being in possession of four pistols, AK 47 riffles and 5,200 live ammunition. Magistrate J.A. Adegun, gave the…
By Basssey Williams, Yenagoa A court of competent jurisdiction has struck out the cases filed against Aiteo Eastern Exploration Production Company by Mr. Nicholas Ebiye, Johnson Theophilus and ten others over an alleged breach of contracts. According to a competent…
