An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother. Justice Bamidele Omotoso said the prosecution had discharged the burden on Olorunleke Ebenezer and established beyond reasonable doubt the defendant…
An Abuja-based businessman, Mr Ikechukwu Efulu, on Monday narrated to a Lagos High Court how a defendant, Daniel Ibeachi, almost killed him while pretending to buy his property worth N150 million. Efulu testified as the fourth prosecution witness in the…
A 32-year-old man, Yisau Ojo, has been remanded by an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly robbing a woman of iPhone 11 Pro Max. Ojo, who was arraigned on a count charge bordering on armed robbery, was remanded on…
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday remanded an alleged fake lawyer identified as Stanley Epini Ejiroghene in police custody. Ejiroghene was found to have practiced for 10 years in the state. The suspect…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of two men — Ifeanyi Kalu and Kamorudeen Sanyaolu, charged with gang raping a 21-year-old woman. Kalu, 25, a barber and Sanyaolu, 25, an artisan, both residents of Ikorodu,…
A 43-year-old man, Samuel Olawale, was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged shop breaking and stealing. Olawale, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of shop breaking and stealing. The Police Prosecutor,…
Two apprentices, Peter Ojekunle, 27, and Kudri Saka, 22,on Wednesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, charged with stealing vehicle parts valued at 1.5 million. The defendants, who live on Lagos Island, are facing a two-count charge…
The Kano State Government has rejected an Abuja High Judgement, nullifying the Governor Ganduje led APC Congresses, insisting the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter. A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja had nullified the congresses of the…
Justice Daniel Osaigor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, adjourned till January 24, 2022 further hearing in the alleged N4.6bn fraud involving a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others. Fani-Kayode…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old unemployed man, Mustapha Baba, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl. Baba, a resident of Ayobo, Lagos State, is being tried for defilement. The prosecuting officer, ASP.…
