An Area Court on Wednesday sentenced two brothers Kingsley, and Elisha Gyang, to one-month imprisonment for stealing a water pumping machine worth N80,000. A panel of judges made up of Malam Sadiq Adam and Mr Hyacenth Dolnanan, sentenced the convicts…
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a farmer, Jiir Godwin of Tombo village in Logo LGA of Benue, for alleged malicious damage to a police post. The police charged Mr Godwin with malicious damage, abduction, hostage taking, kidnapping and…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier…
The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has again nullified the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which produced Dauda Lawal Dare. The presiding judge, Justice Aminu Bappa also ruled that the party will not…
By Ridwan Adekunle A Federal High Court in Abuja is to hear a preliminary objection filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha, praying for an order quashing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s N2.9 billion charge against him on Nov. 22.…
By Ridwan Adekunle A Kano State Magistrate Court presided over by Aminu Muhammad Gabari has ordered public flogging for Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala for defaming the character of Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tiktok.…
By Ridwan Adekunle A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday ordered that a carpenter Ojesola Oladokun , 25, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly delifing a 16-year-old girl. The police charged Oladokun alonside his younger brother, Ojeleye, 23, with defilement,…
By Ridwan Adekunle A former employee of Wema Bank, Akinyele Ogunpola, 40, was on Thursday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abeokuta, for allegedly stealing N70 million from his employer The defendant is charged with conspiracy and theft. Prosecution…
The Federal High Court of Nigeria has constituted a special task force of Judges to swiftly hear and determine all pre-election cases before it. The FHC made this known on Wednesday in a statement by its Assistant Director of Information,…
Communities in Etung and Ikom local government areas of Cross River State which ensures the second largest producer of cocoa in Nigeria are now receiving a backlog of arrears owed them by the state government. The state government had earlier…
