An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that five men who allegedly broke into some shops and set fire, be remanded in Police custody, pending legal advice. The police charged Sulaimon Sherif, 27; Monsuru Rasheed, 28; Babatunde Isiaka, 30;…
Tobi Adetunji An Ota Magistrates Court in Ogun, yesterday sentenced a 29-year-old man, Abass Adeniyi, to four months in correctional centre for unlawfully blocking public highway. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O.Adeyemi, sentenced the convict to four months in correctional centre without…
A Federal High Court in Enugu, Enugu state, presided by Justice R. O Dugbo Oghoghorie on Thursday sentenced the duo of Ugwunwani Louis and Enudu Keneth to seven years imprisonment respectively on a two- count charge of conspiracy and obtaining…
The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 25-year-old man, Bamigboye Seun, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly constituting public nuisance. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of constituting public nuisance. The Police Prosecutor, Insp…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Dutse on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Sulaiman Adamu, who allegedly sodomised a 15-year-old boy, be remanded in a correctional facility. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Akilu Isma’il, who ordered that Adamu be remanded in…
A Customary Court in Ile-Tuntun Customary, Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a four-year-old marriage between a businessman, Sanni Alimi and estranged wife, Oludayo, on grounds of abandonment. In his petition, Alimi, prayed for divorce because his wife refused to return to…
A Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Thursday, sentenced a 45-year-old mechanic, Amusu Olajide, to three months imprisonment for assault and causing grievous hurt, after a guilty plea. Olajide, who lives in Gui village, Sunka, within the Federal Capital Territory,…
A Customary Court sitting in Mapo in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between a mother of two, Olubunmi Faseyitan, and her husband, Kolawole, over ”witchcraft” suspicion. President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, dissolved the marriage after Faseyitan…
A 37-year-old man, Chima Ndu, on Thursday appeared at a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged assault and malicious damage. Ndu, whose address is unknown, is facing charges of assault and malicious damage He pleaded not guilty to all…
A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old vagrant, Abass Adeniyi to four months imprisonment for causing obstruction. Adeniyi, whose address was not provided, is charged with breach of peace, malicious damage, conspiracy and unlawfully obstruction on…
