Two teenagers, Davidson Ayo (16) and Adedayo Pelumi (18), were on Friday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged house breaking and stealing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.…
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday, awarded 12 strokes of cane and and a fine of N10,000 to Umar Yahaya, 25, for dealing in hard drugs. Yahaya, who resides at Fagge Quarters Kano, was convicted on two-count charge…
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that two men; Jabir Idris,25, and Salisu Hamisu,32, be given 12 strokes of cane each for theft of mobile phones. Idris, a resident of Jakara Quarters, and Hamisu of Dandishe Quarters all in…
A Wuse Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, admitted a public servant, Mrs Aisha Shettima, to bail in the sum N2 million bail for alleged forgery and land grabbing. Magistrate Elizabeth Wonni, granted the bail application moved by Shettima’s counsel, Suleiman Yakubu,…
Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a businesswoman, Fatima Akinpelu and Azeez, on grounds that he wants to use his wife for money ritual. Delivering judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President held that…
A 35-year-old man, Femi Adesaji, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrate Court in Ota, Ogun, for allegedly tampering with a prepaid meter belonging to Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company(IBEDC). The police charged Adesaji, who lives in Ota with three counts of…
A 20-year-old motorcyclist, Dauda Rabiu, on Thursday appeared before a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged criminal breach of trust and theft. The Police charged Rabiu, of Dagiri in Gwagwalada, with two-count of criminal breach of trust and theft. The…
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that two men, Ojodale Akpali and John Sunday be remanded in custody for allegedly stealing of goods worth N470.000 from a shop. Akpali, 27, and Sunday, 30, whose addresses were not provided,…
A 30-year-old man, Abdul Salisu, on Thursday appeared before a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court over alleged extortion. The police charged Salisu, who resides at Angwan Gwari, Gwagwalada, FCT with a one count of extortion. The Prosecution Counsel, Mayowa Adefioye, told the…
A 35-year-old man, Femi Adesaji, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, for allegedly tampering with a prepaid meter belonging to Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The police charged Adesaji, who lives in Ota with three counts…
