An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Nurudeen Nasiru, to life imprisonment for introducing porn video to his neighbour’s 13-year old daughter and sexually assaulting her. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had...
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By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The President General (PG) of Mzough u Tiv worldwide and Chairman Benue State Sociocultural Organisations, CP Iorbee Ihagh retired has said that the falsehood against Tiv man that he offers his wife to his visitor has finally been buried. Speaking with NATIONAL...
A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, dissolved the 14-year old marriage between one John Akinwumi, a commercial driver, and his estranged wife, Toyin. Akinwumi had pleaded with the court to put an end to his 14-year-old marriage with Toyin on grounds of alleged constant...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of three men, who allegedly had unnatural sexual intercourse with 11 underaged boys. The police charged Uzaifa Rabiu, Aminu Ahmed and Mohammed Bello, all residents of Jakara Quarters, Kano, with committing unnatural offences. The Chief Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman,...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 30- year-old fashion designer, Idris Adams, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s two-year -old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi refused to take Adam’s plea. Osunsanmi adjourned the matter until March 28 for legal...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has increased the alleged money laundering charge preferred against Abiodun Agbele, an ally of the former Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose from 11-counts to 24-counts. The EFCC had in 2016 arraigned Agbele, and five others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted leave to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), to appeal the decision of the court dismissing his no-case submission in the charge against him. Justice James Omotosho also gave Ndifon’s lawyer, Mr...
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned until May 2, contempt of court proceedings against the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). Justice Akintunde Savage adjourned the proceedings after dismissing the prayer of FHA counsel, Mr Chris Ekemezie, to strike out forms 48 and 49 filed against FHA. Form 48...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele on Monday, March 11, 2024, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, how Emefiele allegedly signed and approved...
A 22- year old man, Aliyu Muhamadu, who was accused of participating in hostage taking on Tuesday denied ever confessing to being a kidnapper in a Federal High Court Ibadan. Muhamadu, was testifying before Justice Ekerete Akpan at the resumed trial in a case of alleged hostage taking...
The Kutep Yatso, the umbrella body of the Kutep ethnic group in Takum local government area of Taraba has filed a suit before the High Court in Jalingo seeking an interpretation of the existing laws on the establishment of First Class Traditional Stool in Takum. The News Agency...
The Bayelsa Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed a fresh motion filed by All Progressives Congress, (APC) and its governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva asking the panel to recuse itself from handling their petition challenging the election of Gov. Douye Diri. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed...
A Deputy Director with the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr Yakubu Abisogun, on Monday, told an Ikeja High Court that Chrisland School Ikeja failed to comply with the state’s safeguarding and child protection policy. Abisogun, a Level 16 social wellbeing officer, said the ministry’s...
An Ikeja High Court has adjourned until April 15 to hear applications of counsel involved in the case of a businessman, Chief Cletus Ibeto, accused of N4.8 billion fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when the case was called on Monday, the Director of Public...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, remanded a 45-year old fake doctor, Adegoke Olaoluwa, for allegedly causing the death of his patient. The Magistrate, Mrs A.T. Oyediji, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he be remanded in Agodi correctional facility in Ibadan, pending legal advice...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Jusitice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court, Monday adjourned to the 28th of March for the continuation of defence in the case between a security personnel, Mr Eche Acheme against Union Bank and Gaskiya security outfit. Mr Eche Acheme a security...
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Friday remanded nine persons for allegedly kidnapping and killing six girls for ritual purpose. The Police charged the defendants, whose addresses were not provided with kidnapping, murder, robbery and conspiracy. The defendants are: Moses Aruwaji, 45, Adebayo Azeez, 32, Mariam Aruwaji,...
The Chief Judge of Taraba, Justice Joel Agya, on Friday sentenced Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping Balkisu Kambe and Maryam Musa in Gashaka Local Government Area of the state. Agya, while delivering the judgement in Jalingo, said the prosecution had proven...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 100-level university part-time student of Computer Science, Emmanuel Victor, to 18 months imprisonment for online dating scam. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Victor to 18 months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of fraudulent document, leveled against...
An EFCC witness, Bamaiyi Mairiga on Thursday told an FCT high court, Maitama that the signatures of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were forged. Mairiga, a forensic document examiner with the EFCC, said this while...