A 23-year old man, Wisdom Nifu, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing a bag of shoes valued N200,000. The defendant is facing a one-count charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, Dr Simon Uche, told…
…N70trn hidden in some accounts, allegedly belongs to public officers …FG developed cold feet over alleged public interest case — Justice laments The Federal Government’s suit seeking to recover and secure forfeiture of the sum of N70trillion it alleged was…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted Okechukwu Umeh, Lanre Adebayo, Adigun Adeshina and Emmanuel Omijeh, who were arraigned on three counts bordering on drug trafficking. This is just as they forfeited the Federal Government…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 45-year-old man, Anthony Ogbonna, in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening the life of a woman and malicious damage to her property. The defendant, whose address is unknown, is…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun States has sentenced six drug traffickers to a combined 156 years in prison. This was revealed in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on Tuesday by the…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Family Court in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School, Eleyele, Ibadan in Oyo State be remanded for allegedly raping a female schoolmate who was mentally challenged. The police charged the defendants…
By Sodiq Adelakun A 38-year-old man, Offiong Edet, has been arraigned before the Ogba Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State for allegedly stealing two tricycles worth N2.4million in the Agege area of the state. The tricycles…
By Sodiq Adelakun An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced Stephen Francis to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old girl in his room. It was gathered that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had sufficiently proved the…
By Sodiq Adelakun A 35-year-old man, Tope Akinusi, was on Monday remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrates’ court sitting at the Ogba area of Lagos State, for allegedly attempting to steal from a church, Gospel Faith…
By Sodiq Adelakun An Uber driver, Abiodun Clement, is N5 million richer after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos State Government to compensate him with the sum for assaulting him during…
