A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) before a Federal High Court in Abuja over their refusal to grant him licence to possess assault rifles for self-defense. He predicated…
A 28-year-old truck driver, Illiyasu Balarebe, was on Wednesday docked in an Apapa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing a conductor. Balarebe, whose address was not given, is charged with assault. Leo said that the defendant stabbed and injured a conductor,…
A 40-year-old trader, Sani Zubairu, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court accused of stealing six bags of rice. Zubairu, who resides at Kano Road in Kaduna, is facing a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and stealing.…
Former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the Appeal Court judgement that recently discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The elder statesman made the appeal when he…
An Ikeja High Court sentenced a man, Vincent Edeh to 21 years imprisonment on Friday for stabbing a woman to death with a knife. Edeh was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Justice Oyindamola Ogala sentenced Edeh to the prison term after…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday charged one 32-year-old Basit Gbolagade with cocaine and heroin trafficking before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The NDLEA brought a two-count charge against Gbolagade in a suit marked FHC In the…
Four men who allegedly stole their company’s reinforcement steel valued N5.1 million on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendants are 42-year-old storekeeper, Olaleye Akintola; 27-year-old driver, Michael Taiwo; 52-year-old iron bender, Femi Olaoye; and Wasiu Bashiru,…
A 65-year-old man, Felix Adeyemi, was on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for alleged N27. 2 million Forex fraud. Adeyemi, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with obtaining money under false pretence and theft. The…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that one Nate Kasa, 31, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly murdering a 20-year-old man, Danmagaji Sanjo. Kasa, whose residential address was not provided, was charged with murder. The…
A 22-year-old unemployed man, Umaru Abubakar, who allegedly stole cloths and N500,000 from a businesswoman and inflicted wounds on her, has been arraigned in Lagos. Abubakar is standing trial before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of inflicting…
