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…
A man, Ismail Adegoke, on Wednesday, told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan, that he left his matrimonial home after he saw charms in his wife’s bag. In his testimony, Adegoke told the court that though…
By Sodiq Adelakun An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 31- year-old man, Stephen Alabi, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly cutting his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter with a cutlass. The Magistrate, Mrs H. B Mogaji refused to listen to…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Mr Babatunde Olalekan Lawal of No 15, Church Street, Opebi, Lagos has dragged the Incorporated Trustees of St Alphonsus Catholic Church, Akute, Ogun State as well as Hakeem Fabolude, Samson Fabolude, Rasheed Fabolude and Yaya Ogundimu before…
Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, adjourned till June 7, 2023 further hearing in the alleged N21 bilion fraud involving a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and…
A 19-year-old Uwanu Emmanuel, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a police officers. Emmanuel, whose address was not given, is facing a two- count charge of assault. The police prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told…
