A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Samuel Friday, to eight months imprisonment for shops breaking and stealing properties worth N370, 900. Friday, a resident of Barnawa, Kaduna was convicted on a two-count charge of burglary and…
The Central Criminal Court, London, also known as Old Bailey, has again denied bail to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. In the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, the court gave its verdict denying the bail on the grounds that he…
A 40-year-old trader, Abdullahi Haruna, was on Tuesday docked in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly obtaining 50 bags of rice worth N1.8 million under false pretences. Haruna, who lives on Ali Akilu Road, Kaduna, is facing a count…
Five men on Tuesday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly assaulting and obstructing National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Nigeria Police officials on duty. The defendants- James Eze, 24;…
The Director General of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Doyin Okupe has said he would not be imprisoned despite his conviction. Newsmen reports that an Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday, convicted Okupe for breaching the money laundering…
An Abuja High court sitting in Maitama has granted Anita and her estranged husband, Paul Okoye divorce. Anita claimed that cheating, separation, being an absent father, fraud, and difficult experiences were her major reasons for seeking a divorce. She also…
Operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Lagos, Nigeria have arrested a Lagos businesswoman, Adekanmi Adenike, 42, and charged her before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forging the local purchase order bearing the name of the management of Animal Care…
An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country’s war has joined a lawsuit filed in Kenya against Meta, accusing Facebook’s parent company of fanning violence and hate speech in Africa. The case filed in the High Court claims…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the…
A 44-year-old landlord, Olawale Pelewura, who allegedly ejected a tenant without a court order and damaged property worth N2.3 million, on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court’ Lagos. Pelewura of No. 6 Silifatu Akinsanya St., Ijeshatedo Surulere, Lagos,…
