A36-year-old unemployed man, Samson Appah, who allegedly stole an iPhone valued at N570,000, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Appah, whose residential address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has declared the activities of some groups linked to banditry as acts of terrorism. Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the Federal Government. Mohammed Abubakar, Director of…
A 27-year-old tailor, Adeniyi Titus, was on Friday arraigned at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly belonging to an unlawful secret society known as ‘Buccaneer’ confraternity. Titus, a resident of Ikorodu area of Lagos State, is facing a…
A secondary school student, Segun Dosumu, is to spend three weeks in jail with hard labour for threatening to kill one of his teachers. This is as an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court found the 20-year-old student guilty of the charge preferred…
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced two oil thieves to two years imprisonment each, for dealing in petroleum products without an appropriate license. The convicts: Uba Promise…
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,…
