An FCT High Court in Apo adjourned hearing in the preliminary objection filed by a former minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye until March 4 The application is challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, rejected a suit seeking to stop the Chief Judge of FCT High Court, Hussein Baba-Yusuf, from appointing 12 judges into the bench of the court. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on the…
Fatai Kasali A 38-year-old unemployed man, Lukmon Jimoh, has been sent to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate Court. He is accused of robbing a man at gunpoint and has been denied mercy by Magistrate M.F. Onamusi. Mrs.…
Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to pay a German, Martin Gegenheimer N63.7 million and $10,000 awarded against the Nigerian Government for his unlawful arrest and detention by the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS.…
A 24-year-old man, Kolawole Ayomiposi, was on Thursday brought before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two cell phones. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of stealing. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp…
A 64-year-old landlord, Samuel Famakinwa, on Wednesday appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly disconnecting electricity and water supply from a tenant’s apartment. The defendant is facing a three-count charge bordering on breach of peace and…
An Area Court in Jos, on Tuesday sentenced Ibrahim Aliyu and Ibrahim Umar to six months imprisonment each, for stealing 180 litres of diesel and the cash sum of N250,000. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Aliyu and Umar, after…
The Police in Lagos, on Tuesday, arraigned a 30-year-old tailor, Peter Emmanuel, before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing three cell phones, valued at N320,000. Emmanuel, who resides at Bar Beach Police Barracks, is facing a two-count…
Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Ugar Ebenezer to four years imprisonment for stealing. The 20-year-old convict was arraigned before Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon on the 23rd of August 2022 on a two-count charge bordering…
The Police, on Monday, arraigned a 38-year-old man, Samuel Umeojili, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting his wife. The defendant, of No. 2, Idolofin Street, Ado-Ekiti, is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and…
