Judiciary

Court remands displaced person for raping 9-yr old

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded a 30-year old Internally Displaced Person (IDP), Titus Atime, in a correction centre. Atime was remanded for allegedly having forceful sexual intercourse with a nine-year-old girl through the anus. The police on…

Man, 22, docked for alleged theft of 8 phones

A 22-year-old man, Ismail Umaru, who allegedly obtained eight phones under false pretences, has appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. The defendant is standing trial before Magistrate L.J.K. Layeni on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining money…

Man, 24, remanded for alleged N196,000 theft

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded 24-year-old Seyi Sunday in prison for allegedly stealing N196,000. Sunday, whose residential address was not provided, is facing a charge of theft. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Olusegun Kokoye, told…