Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a technician, Destiny Okuwaiya, for allegedly stealing a lightning protection system belonging to the Sabo, Lagos branch of a bank. The value of the system was put at N800,000. The…
The Police on Monday arraigned a 32-year-old property agent, Kabir Yamusa, before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his client of N400,000 house rent. The Police charged Yamusa, of no fixed address, for criminal breach of…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has again threatened to lock up banks, stores or supermarkets that refuse to accept the old N500 and N1000 notes. Abiodun said he would deal with any trader or service provider that refuses to…
A Federal High Court in Bauchi has convicted Saleh Hussaini Gamawa and Aminu Umar Gadiya, two chieftains of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, and sentenced them to two years imprisonment. The duo were convicted for…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 50-year-old Pastor, Lawrence Omoniyi, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a teenage girl. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, who did not take the defendant’s plea, adjourned the case until…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic method in transmitting 2023 election results. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held…
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Industrial Court has dismissed salary entitlement claims by Prof Ndukaeze Nwabueze against Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for lacking merit. Justice Sinmisola Adeniyi delivering judgment held that Nwabueze’s sabbatical appointment with the University came to an…
By Sodiq Adelakun A medical doctor, Mrs Sekinat Oredoyin, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court how one Prophet Olushola Akinsipe allegedly raped a 13-year-old visually-impaired girl on the pretext of praying for her. Oredoyin, a public health physician at…
