A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, sentenced a 35-year-old barber, Basiru Ummaru, to 12 months imprisonment for attempting to rape a seven-year-old boy. Ummaru, who resides in Sauna Kawaji quarters in Kano, was convicted on a count charge,…
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Friday July 22, 2022, adjourned the case filed against First Bank Holdings PLC and its directors to November 30, 2022, for hearing. The court had on July 15, 2022 granted an order…
High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory has remanded the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, in prison custody over his alleged illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N109.4 billion. He was arraigned on 14…
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Enugu has advocated for outright sentence of internet fraudsters without option of fine. Buba made the call on Thursday in Enugu while sentencing 22 internet fraudsters popularly known as “Yahoo yahoo…
Mr Aliyu Abubakar, a defence witness in the trial-within-trial of the former Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke told a Federal High Court, Abuja that an EFCC officer threatened him to indict former President Goodluck Jonathan in alleged money laundering. Abubakar,…
Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu of a Federal High Court, Gusau, on Tuesday adjourned until July 26, a suit challenging the credibility of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Primary election in Zamfara. Jouirnalists reports that the PDP Governorship Primary in the…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has held that the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) cannot increase the statutory minimum solvency capital policy for Insurance companies without the National Assembly amending the Insurance Act and Regulation 2003. Justice Chukwujeku Aneke made…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo A Sexa genarian, one Ademola Adeniji has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing 250 bags of cement belonging to the firm. Adeniji, who was a staff of a company, AKSA Nigeria Limited,…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday July 13, 2022, dismissed the no-case submission brought before the court by one Babatunde Keshinro, a former head, Commercial Banking with one of the first generation…
A 50-year-old man, Tunde Alabi, on Wednesday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged N8.5 million land fraud. Alabi of no fixed address, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretences, entry by…
