A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Illiyasu Garba, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sodomising a 10-year-old boy. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel. did not take the plea of Garba for want in jurisdiction.…
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, on Tuesday February 14, 2023 sentenced a businessman, Kingsley Ogala, to 12 months imprisonment without option of fine for purchasing minerals…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, the State Capital, on Wednesday remanded the killers of Abeokuta couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye with their only child. The defendants, are Adekanbi Lekan, 27, Odetola Ahmed, 29;…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State High Court, sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, has ordered kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, to refund the £233,000 ransom paid by one of his victims, Chief Donatus Dunu.…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nojeem Badmos, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe sentenced the convict after finding him guilty as charged by the prosecution. The judge…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced a 41-year-old teacher of the Mind Builders Nursery and Primary School, Omole Phase 11, Ikeja, Chukwu Ndubuisi, to life imprisonment for raping a six-year-old girl on the school premises.…
A 22- year-old labourer, Joshua John , on Tuesday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with with stealing N332,500, property of his employer The defendant, who resides at No.1, Fadare St., Ogba, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charge…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, extended the order restraining the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers from the party. Justice James Omotosho gave the directive after counsel to the governor, Dr…
A 45-year-old man, Mukaila Wasiu, who allegedly assaulted another, has appeared before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos. The defendant is standing trial before the Magistrate, Mr L.J.K Layeni, on a one-count charge of assault. He, however, pleaded not guilty…
An Ilorin Magistrate Court has remanded one Olatunji Taiwo, who was allegedly caught with female pants and charms. Taiwo was allegedly caught with female pants and some charms during a police stop-and-search in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Police report revealed…
