Six men were on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing 50 armoured cables from Dangote Refinery. The defendants are Abiola John, 25; Daniel Haruna, 28; Barisua Kpurugbara, 42; Philip Msughter, 23; Ashi Ernest,…
A Sharia Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna State on Wednesday sentenced one Hussaini Ismail to three months in correctional facility for stealing a generator belonging to the mosque. The Judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta, gave the ruling after the accused pleaded…
A High Court of Lagos State sitting at the Lagos Judicial Division has dismissed a civil suit filed by Mut-Hass Petroleum Ltd which joined Masters Energy Oil & Gas Ltd as a second defendant. The suit which was instituted by…
Two men, Femi Kolawole, 24 and Chidi Agu, 42, were, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged house breaking and stealing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a two-count charge of house breaking and stealing.…
The Police in Kwara on Tuesday arraigned two brothers, Abdullateef Adekanye and Yusuf Adekanye, before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly exhuming their father’s corpse for ritual. The defendants, whose house addresses were not given, are facing two count charges…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Monday, remanded one Tejumade Makinde, 37, for allegedly defrauding contributors of a thrift society of N1,913,900.00. The Prosecutor, Insp Adesina Elijah, told the court that the defendant committed the offences between January 2020 and March…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 21-year-old man, Paul Aboh, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. The defendant, who resides at Ajegunle, is being tried for conspiracy and defilement.…
An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, sentenced one Tunmise Abraham to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. Abraham was found guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, had filed the suit before…
A civil servant, Yahaya Idris, was on Tuesday docked in an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT for allegedly selling a fake plot of land worth N1.5million. The police charged Idris with criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and cheating. The…
