Two of the five persons standing trial in the $1.6billion money laundering charge before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Victor Briggs and Abiye Membere, both former top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were…
A 23-year-old rider, Emeka Ilochi, who allegedly stole a tricycle worth N1.4 million from his friend, on Tuesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge…
A 40-year-old man Usman A. Usman was arraigned on Tuesday, at a Kaduna High Court, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10 million under false pretence. Usman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on two-count…
By Sodiq Adelakun Lagos Magistrates’ Court in Ogba has arraigned a lecturer at the Lagos State University of Technology formerly (LASPOTECH) (names withheld) in the custody of Kirikiri Correctional Centre for raping his 10-year-old daughter. He was also alleged to…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a 51-year-old landlord, Saheed Ojomu, to five-year imprisonment for allowing his tenant to use his shop to warehouse cannabis. Justice Daniel Osiagor handed down the sentence to the…
Gunmen on Thursday, killed one Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. According to a report by The Punch, Ugboma was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while…
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Thursday dissolved a 23-year-old marriage between Isiaka Odeyemi and his wife, Feyisola Olapeju. The marriage was dissolved on grounds of incessant fighting deeply rooted in fetish threats with charms and no rest of mind by…
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Thursday remanded a scavenger, Haruna Umar, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing electrical cables belonging to the Nigerian Navy. The police charged Umar, 33, of no fixed address, with criminal…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the candidates who emerged from the primaries conducted by the Gov Godwin Obaseki-led faction of the PDP in Edo as the authentic representatives of the party. This judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze brings…
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, Benue State, on Tuesday ordered that a 40-year-old housewife, Charity Upev, and her son, Tertsea, be remanded in a custodial centre for alleged culpable homicide. The police charged Charity and her son with criminal conspiracy…
