The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has said that about 10 witnesses would testify in a suit filed against Prof. Obiajulu Obikeze and four others over allegations bordering on forgery of chieftaincy documents. Counsel for the AGF, Ewere Aliemeke, made this known on Friday before Justice Inyang...
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra Command, has arrested a yet-to-be-identified woman for beating her maid to death. In the video shared on social media, on Thursday, the suspect had taken NAPTIP officials to the bush were she dumped the already decomposing body...
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abuja on Wednesday granted bail to Prof. Zainab Abiola and her domestic staff, Rebecca Enechido. Magistrate Elizabeth Wonu, having listened to the arguments of both counsel in regard to the bail application, granted them bail with certain terms and conditions. Wonu...
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected rapists in two separate incidents in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ahmad Magaji-Kontagora told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that one of the suspects raped an 8-year-old girl while the other raped his mentally unstable sister. “One...
An auto mechanic, Mr Eze Prince on Tuesday, denied being a ritualist who killed his baby. Defending himself, Prince told a Customary Court sitting in Nyanya, Abuja that he did not use his baby for sacrifice. “ My marriage was going smoothly until sometime in 2010 when my wife...
Mr Ike Ifeanyi, on Friday told a Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue that his wife, Lovina, had him arrested for stealing her underwear. In his divorce petition, Ifeanyi , said that his wife was ill-tempered and too petty. ”I married Lovina in 2019 under the Traditional Native Laws...
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a 45-year-old man, James Beetse for alleged attempt to sell his daughter for N20million.. The police charged Beetse alongside his friend, Dooyum Agisha with criminal conspiracy, abduction and child trafficking in Benue. Magistrate Dooshima Ikpambese did not take the...
A Zimbabwean woman who lied about a man having unlawful carnal knowledge of her has confessed, stating that she was under pressure. The man identified as Simbarashe Chadiwa was handed a 20-year sentence for the r#pe of a 10-year old minor. Chadiwa who has been in prison for eight...
Mr Lekan Folorunso, a father of two told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan that he sold marijuana to provide for his two children and wife. Folorunso made the confession on Wednesday in his counter argument against his wife’s allegation of being irresponsible. ”I also beg on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Supporters and members of Mustapha Jibrin Tatabe PDP Campaign Group have vowed never to give up its struggle in challenging Abuja Based PDP politicians from Borno and their culprits in court over the replacement of the name of Borno Central Senatorial District Candidate, Mustapha...
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja on Friday remanded Prof. Zainab Abiola and her house help, Rebecca Enechido, in a correctional facility until Oct.5. Abiola and Enechido, who live in Garki, Abuja are charged with criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt without provocation,...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a Lagos-based prophet, Cletus Ilongwo, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding his church member of N59.7 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ilongwo, the Presiding Pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry, was...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Masaka, Nasarawa, on Wednesday, ordered that a 46-year-old man, Lucky Adalaki, be remanded in Keffi correction centre for allegedly biting off the outer ear part of one Tunde Adedeji. The police charged Adalaki with causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Mr Yakubu Dangawa, held that...
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has sentenced a banker, Blessing Bassey, to seven years imprisonment for stealing N2.68 million from a bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chief Magistrate F.M. Kayode-Alamu sentenced Bassey following her change of plea from not guilty to...
Prince Michael Ekamon, the 1st plaintiff in a suit filed in conjunction with Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers against Atiku Abubakar, has said that their lawyer, Wilfred Okoi, was not in court because he was indisposed. Ekamon told Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday,...
A housewife, Zainab Yunusa, has asked a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Alhaji Ali Garba, for his unusual sex demands. The plaintiff told the court on Wednesday that Garba demanded for sex even while she was menstruating and during the...
The factional Governorship Candidate of the PDP in Ogun, Otunba Segun Showunmi, says all stakeholders and members of the party will accept the Court’s verdict on its authentic 2023 flagbearer. Showunmi in statement in Lagos on Tuesday, said there was no division in Ogun PDP. He expressed optimism and...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 28- year-old teacher, Mohammed Algoni, to Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly sexually molesting his 11-year-old pupil through anus. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi, refused to listen to the defendant ‘s plea. She then ordered him to be remanded...
Angola’s main opposition party has submitted a legal complaint challenging the electoral commission’s finding that the governing party won last week’s election, a letter seen by Reuters shows. In a separate statement on Tuesday, the opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), said it...
David Ukpo, the kidney donor, has urged a Federal High Court, Abuja to set aside its order made on July 1, directing some agencies of government and banks to release his biodata to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Ukpo, who is currently in the...