A couple, Cordelia Dike and Frank Dike, who allegedly broke into a residential house and stole jewellery and cash worth N2.2 million, were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, Frank, 63 and Cordelia, 50,…
A Karu Upper Area Court, Abuja on Tuesday remanded a 22-year-old Point Of Sale (POS) attendant, Mujahid Bala in prison for allegedly denying receiving credit alert from a customer. The Judge, Ishaq Hassan, ordered the remand of the defendant until…
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that a 26-year-old scavenger, Abbah Sani, who pleaded guilty to stealing from an MTN Mast, be remanded in a correction centre. The Judge, Malam Yahaya Sheshi, adjourned the matter…
The Police on Tuesday, arraigned three men in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for maliciously damaging windscreens of people’s cars, breaking into shops and stealing properties worth more than N1million. The defendants; Akinbola Olabode, 33; Amos Morakinyo, 28 and…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 28-year-old Usman Gambari, for allegedly possessing a locally-made pistol. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, ordered that the defendant should be remanded pending advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions. The…
A 38-year-old businessman, Daniel Edward, was on Tuesday docked in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, for alleged N10 million fraud. Edward, whose address was not given in the court, is charged with two counts of conspiracy and fraud. The Prosecution…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Alkali Baba Usman as the Inspector General of Police, IGP. The suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja activist, Michael…
The police, on Monday, arraigned a 41-year-old man, Adeleye Segun, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of Indian hemp. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a count charge of possession of Indian hemp.…
A businesswoman, Taiwo Bakare, 57, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan for allegedly spreading velvet beans (Werepe) inside her colleague’s shop. Bakare, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with conduct likely to cause…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State on Thursday swore-in Justice Halima Mohammed, as the first female Chief Judge of the state. Yahaya, at the swearing-in ceremony in Gombe, described the moment as “joyful and historic,” seeing a woman leader taking…
