By Sodiq Adelakun Two siblings, Adewale Oladele aged 58 and Saheed Oladele aged 42, were brought before the court by the police on Thursday for allegedly endangering the life of a family member. The accused were charged with conspiracy, threatening…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigerian Army’s Headquarters 81 Division has successfully apprehended nine individuals posing as soldiers and engaging in criminal activities that disrupt peace and security in Lagos State and its surroundings. Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, Acting Deputy…
Eleven individuals have been apprehended by the Kano Hisbah Board in Nigeria for allegedly not observing the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is considered one of the fundamental pillars of Islam and is obligatory for all Muslims.…
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has imposed a fine of N2 million against Mr Cecil Osakwe, a property developer, for abuse of judicial processes. The judgment was delivered on Wednesday in an…
By Sodiq Adelakun A 30-year-old fashion designer, Idris Adams, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre after being accused of raping his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter. Adams was arraigned before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. According to the prosecutor,…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Rasheed Ismaila, 42, in a correctional facility in Ibadan over an alleged murder. Ismaila, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo…
Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, dissolved the 14-year old marriage between one John Akinwumi, a commercial driver, and his estranged wife, Toyin. Akinwumi had pleaded with the court to put an end to his 14-year-old marriage…
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced a fake investigator, Mohammed Momoh, to seven years imprisonment for duping Mrs Mario Al-Makura, wife of the former governor of Nasarawa State. Kekemeke sentenced Momoh based on the charge…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has opposed the motion asking for court to release the telephones of Professor Cyril Ndifon and Barrister Sunny Anyanwu to a purported National Computer Forensic Laboratory. Ndifon, a suspended Dean…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered a fraudster, Ismail Adeniyi, 58, to pay N1.6 million as restitution to the complainant. The Chief Magistrate, Mr E.A. Idowu, in his judgment, found Adeniyi guilty of fraud, as charged.…
