By Umar Akilu Majeri Dutse A Kano Upper Shari’a Court has dismissed adultery charges against Auwalu Danladi Sankara, the suspended Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, clearing him of allegations of illicit relations with a married woman, Tasleem Baba Nabegu.…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Federal High Court in Lagos has dealt a significant blow to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), ruling that the regulatory body lacks the legal authority to impose fines or sanctions on independent media outlets without due…
The Special Court of Appeal Panel established to adjudicate political cases in Rivers State has reserved judgment in the consolidated appeals contesting the judgment of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The three-member panel of justices,…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a 20-year-old man, Bashir Abdullahi, for drug trafficking. The Newsmen reports that Abdullahi’s conviction by Justice Ayokunle Faji followed his guilty plea. The defendant, who said he understood only Hausa language, was…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 64-year-old man, Lateef Durojaiye, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 11-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of defilement against…
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old trader to nine months imprisonment for robbing an elderly woman in her house. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Bokkos,…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), high court Maitama on Thursday sustained Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ‘s objection to a document sought to be tendered by the former Aviation minister, Heidi Sirika. The EFCC dragged Sirika alongside his daughter, Fatima;…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the court order barring financial allocation to Rivers State. Newsmen had reported on Wednesday that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from further disbursing financial…
A Kuje Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to a House of Representatives member for Aba North and South, Alex Ikwechegh, in the sum of N500,000. Ikwechegh was arraigned for allegedly assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, outside his Abuja…
A Delta State High Court sitting in Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area has ordered the remand of Mr Okiemute Kasia in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Okere, Warri, for allegedly defiling his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter…
