A businessman, Yahaya Mohammed, has told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Hauwau Hamza a divorce if she pays him N160,000. Mohammed and Hamza were married according to Islamic law in 2020 and…
A 40-year-old carpenter, Sunday Agada was on Monday docked in a Karu Grade I Area Court in Abuja, for allegedly swindling his client of N400,000. The police charged Agada with criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation. The defendant,…
A 36-year-old teacher, Emmanuel Ogunbameru, on Thursday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged N760,000 fraud. The defendant, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge bordering on felony and advance fee fraud.…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Thursday, sentenced a gateman, Happiness Sunday, to triple life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his employer’s children, aged 10 and eight. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Sunday to life imprisonment on each of…
A University lecturer and human rights activist, Prof. Chijioke Uwasomba has dragged Colonel Abubakar Abdulkadir Alkali of the Special Investigation Bureau of the Nigerian Army Military Police before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory over alleged harassment and…
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday ordered that a 34-year-old doctor, Kelvin Royce be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defrauding his friend of N6 million. The Judge, Ibrahim Rufai, adjourned the matter untill Oct.…
By Sodiq Adelakun A man named Stephen Monday was brought before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State on Thursday. He was accused of sexually assaulting his lover’s four-year-old daughter. Monday, whose address was not disclosed,…
By Jeleel Olawale A 40-year-old man, Olagunju Oluwatosin, on Thursday, appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for N1.5 million business fraud. The Prosecutor, Insp Adesina Elijah, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in July, 2023, around…
An Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Odigbo, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, has ordered the remand of a man, Kayode Ojo, in prison for attempting to commit suicide inside a police cell. The defendant was earlier…
A 26-year-old man, Henry Sunday, was arraigned in a Grade I Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja on Tuesday for allegedly stealing building materials valued at N358,500. Sunday is charged with joint act and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Stanley Nwafoaku,…
