AMagistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti on Monday ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man, Oluwasakin Sunday, in correctional centre over allged defilement. The defendant, whose address was not provided, was being tried for rape and his plea was not taken. The…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure An aggrieved man, Akindunmila Olukayode, has sued the Ondo state Commissioner of Police and one ASP Idjebah Michael, over alleged assault and unlawful detention by the force. The applicant, in a motion challenging the breach of…
Four teenagers were on Wednesday remanded in prison by an Osogbo Magistrates’ court over alleged stealing. The accused are Adeyemi Agboola, 18, Felix Francis, 18; Sunday Richard, 18 and Rasheed Abubakar, 19. It was gathered that the defendants committed the…
The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos continued on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, with the Court admitting in…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 39-year-old pastor, Justice Aniele, to life imprisonment for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl. Aniele, a pastor with a pentecostal church in the state,…
By SAKA Laaro, Ilorin A lecturer of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete was on Tuesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin. The suspect, Pelumi Adewole was arrested by the men of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) over…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal high court Abuja has stopped the federal government from executing its plan to deduct $418million dollars from the bank account of the 36 states. The Judge issued the restraining order against the federal government…
An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old woman, Yemisi Najimu, to 10 years imprisonment with an option of N70,000 fine for attempted murder. Delivering judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said ‘’what the convict did was…
Justice Abiodun Adesodun of Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Afolabi Taiwo (43) to death by hanging. In his pronouncement, Justice Adesodun said the prosecution led credible, cogent and compelling evidence to establish all the three…
Two farmers, Aruwa Kwala, 50, and Shenyi Salihu, 50, were on Tuesday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT for allegedly accusing their neighbour of being a witch and killing a three-year-old girl. The police charged the defendants who…
