A 35-year-old man, Kelvin Dimi on Monday was brought before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting his neighbour. The defendant who resides in Jahi 2, Abuja is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal force…
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan ordered the remand of three teenagers and a 12-year-old in a juvenile home on Friday for allegedly raping an 18-year-old Person with Disability. The rape victim is their neighbour’s daughter. Prosecution counsel, Insp…
Chief Magistrate Patricia Adetuyibi sitting at A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday remanded men, James Thomas, 35, and Segun Adesina, 61, for alleged rape of 14-year-old girl. Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of the defendants due…
Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Uyo, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom, in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, who is married to…
A 35-year-old businessman, Gabriel Achon, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly obtaining N3. 17million from one Mr Erhire Eghifo on false pretences. The defendant, who resides at No. 5, Adewumi Close, Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos, is being…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Thursday remanded three farmers at the Correctional Service Centre, Makurdi for allegedly trading in dangerous weapons and terrorising Benue people. The farmers, Terhide Iordye, Emmanuel Kuhwa and Titus Ikyor who are of various…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Jumbo Owoidihe Otu before Justice Darius Khobo of the State High court sitting in Kaduna on a one count charge…
An Ado-Ekiti High court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 40-year- old man, Oladipupo Oluwaseun to 16 years imprisonment for attempted rape and indecent assault. The defendant was arraigned on February 19, 2021 for attempted rape of an 18-year-old woman. Delivering judgment,…
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man, Suleiman Muhammed to 10 months imprisonment for stealing his neighbour’s property worth N48,000. Muhammed who lives in Jahi II by Catholic Church, Abuja, was charged with criminal…
A 26-year-old man, Omisope Serif, was on Monday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing 3,000 litres of diesel worth N3 million. The Prosecutor, Insp Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on August…
