Three suspected kidnappers, Bright Emumwen, Evans Osariemen and Chukwudi Anyanwu, were on Tuesday remanded in prison custody, by an Edo State High Court. The Court presided over by Justice Ohimai Oviageli, ordered the remand of the suspects at the Benin…
A Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa, on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mercy Okolie and her husband, Henry Nwaodi on grounds of battery. Delivering judgment, the judge, Abubakar Tijjani said all efforts to reconcile the parties failed “This…
A 53-year-old agent, Joseph Aiyetehin, on Friday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding a landlord of N385, 000. The police charged Aiyetehin, who resides in Karu Extension II layout, Abuja, with fraud. The…
A Zuba Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Abdulmajid Mohammed to six months imprisonment for impersonating an air force officer The police charged Mohammed with one count of impersonation. The Area Court judge, Umar…
Two men – Hammed Iranlola, 26, and Azeez Oloyede, 24, – charged with unlawful possession of gun were on Friday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, who reside at Mushin, Lagos State, were arraigned on…
The police on Friday arraign a 35-year-old businessman, Obasi Okonkwo in a Grade I Area Court, Zuba for allegedly defrauding his friend of N400, 000. The police charged Okonkwo, who resides at No 4 Shago-tara, Kano State with criminal breach…
A Sharia Court in Kano on Thursday ordered the remand of a 20-year-old applicant, Bello Nura, at the Correctional centre for stealing tricycle spare parts worth N5,000. The Judge, Bello Khalid, who ordered the remand of the defendant after pleading…
A 25-year-old man, Emmanuel Kayode, on Thursday appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly posting an offensive and false publication on social media. Kayode, whose residential address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of breach…
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday, sentenced one Udoh Okon to one year at a correctional centre for an offence bordering on lottery scam. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 44-year-old trader, Anthony Odita, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting his two daughters. The police charged Odita, who resides in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, with sexual assault.…
