By Fatai Kasali A 42-year-old man, Festus Nwaegela has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody by the Ikeja Magistrate Court on Tuesday for raping an eight-year-old girl. He was ordered to be kept at the facility by Chief magistrate O.…
An FCT High Court on Tuesday ordered that a man, Olaniyi Adegboro be remanded in Kuje Corrections Centre for allegedly stabbing ASP Ayuba Zakari to death. The police charged Adegboro with murder. Following the prayer of the prosecution counsel for…
The Police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 45-year-old man, Joseph Kokou, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged illegal possession of two locally made single barrel guns. The defendant, whose address is unknown, is facing a count charge…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 45-year-old man, Jonah Luka, be remanded in a correctional facility for defiling a seven-year-old girl. Luka was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, with…
President of the Court of Appeal, Monica Dongban-Mensem, has set up a tribunal to hear petitions on Saturday’s by-elections in Katsina State. This is according to a statement signed by the Secretary of the tribunal, Hajiya Aisha Muhammad-Fika in Katsina.…
A 32-year-old man, Justine Yongu, has been arraigned in a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court and remanded in custody over the attempted murder of the Benue Commissioner for Power and Transport, Barr.Omale Omale. Yongu, who resides behind Mobile Barracks, Makurdi, was…
A housewife, Mrs Charity Ahmed on Monday filed for divorce in a Customary Court sitting in Nyanya, Abuja, from her estranged husband Christian on grounds of domestic violence. She made the allegation in a divorce petition she filed against her…
By Sodiq Adelakun No fewer than seven individuals were brought before the Federal High Court in Lagos State on Monday, accused of tampering with a petroleum product pipeline. The defendants, namely Godbless Ebi, Gabriel Otovor, Saheed Abdularahman, Anthony Arubayan, John…
The five loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State charged with terrorism offences on Friday in Abuja suffered a setback in the quest to stop the Inspector General of Police IGP from proceeding with their prosecution on terrorism offences.…
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 41-year-old hair stylist, Yusuf Adeola, to three months in prison without an option of fine for stealing bottles of wine valued at N1 million. Magistrate O. A. Daodu imposed the…
