By Kenneth Ikonne The scene in the courtroom of the Family Division of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, evoked deep pathos. The judge, a lady, was sobbing. And so were the parties, the lawyers, and everyone else including me.…
Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Wednesday suspended the decision of National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and sacked her Caretaker Committee in Ebonyi State describing it as illegal. The…
A 37-year-old trader, Abigail James, on appeared in Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna State on Thursday, for allegedly beating up her co-tenant. The police charged James, who resides in Goni Gora, Kaduna State, with assault and causing grievous hurt. The…
An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Waris Adekunle at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly impregnating a minor and attempting to abort the pregnancy. Adekunle, whose house address was not given, is facing…
By Tobi Adetunji A 32-year-old man, Obaloluwa Olawale, charged with alleged burglary and stealing of N425,000, appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun yesterday. The defendant, whose house address was not given at time of filling this report, is…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan The Supreme Court Wednesday morning heard the case brought before it by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON of the previous administration under the leadership of Abass Aleshinloye against the judgement of the Appeal Court…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded Adenle Mujeem and Olagunju Kamilu in Ilesha correctional centre for attempting to kill one Suleiman Fatimah, a septuagenarian. The prosecutor, Inspector Akintade Jacob told the court that the defendants attempted…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Tuesday, ordered that three suspected cultists, who allegedly attacked a man during a Christmas party, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Terkuma Iorunde, Lubem Akusu and Kwaghbo Ndermen, all who…
A 28-year-old bartender, Ifeanyi Ibekwe, on Tuesday appeared in a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly misappropriating N126,500 belonging to his employer. The police charged Ibekwe with criminal misappropriation and theft. The prosecution counsel, John Okpa, told the…
An Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday, dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between a hair dresser, Morufat Erioye on grounds that her husband, Ahmed was addicted to alcohol. In her petition, Erioye also accused her husband of infidelity. Delivering judgment,…
