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…
A 45-year-old trader, Obiemeke Felix, who allegedly stole a cell phone worth N240,000 belonging to his colleague, on Thursday appeared in a Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court . The police charged Felix, who lives in Suleja, Niger State, for theft.…
