Five oil thieves have been convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment in separate judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. While Justice Phoebe M. Ayuba convicted and sentenced Peter Listen, Monday Nwibe to six months imprisonment each…
A 15-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS) II student, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her 23-year-old neighbour, Prosper Iloh, allegedly drugged her and raped her. The minor, who resides in Dakwa, Dei-dei, Abuja was led in evidence by…
The negotiation and possible settlement, between the Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the Nigerian Resident Doctors (NARD), has failed. Both parties had told the vacation judge at the National industrial court, Justice Bashar Alkali, on…
A business woman, Maryam Ismail, charged with N500,000 fraud, was on Friday admitted to bail by a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State. The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to the two-count offences of…
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Setonji David, has said that the state will go ahead with the implementation of its recently assented VAT Law despite a stay of execution by the Appeal Court in Abuja last…
From all indications, the last may not have been heard about the high-profile debt case involving businessman Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim and his companies and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) as a Federal High Court Lagos Division on Thursday…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 35-year-old man has been arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly using someone else’s house as collateral to obtain a bank loan. The accused person allegedly committed the offence on January 17, 2017 in Ile-Ife.…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Three block moulders have been arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s N2.53 million. The accused persons Mujidat Omoloye, 22, Kehinde Oke, 45 and Hammed Oke, 43 allegedly committed the offence between January…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Lagos has stopped the 7th Triennal National Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) scheduled to hold from October 3 to 5, 2021 in Umuahia, Abia State.…
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, presided over by Magistrate Saka Afunso, has ordered the remand of the duo of Festus Omolade (72) and Ayodeji Adejugbe (42) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. The Police Prosecutor,…
