A 38-year old trader, Taofeeq Shobulo, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Ojokoro Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for urinating in a pot of soup. The convict, who pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of misconduct and provoking breach of peace, was sentenced on Tuesday. Magistrate K. O. Ogundare sentenced the accused to [...]
The Family Court in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sent Mr. Temitope Alo who is suspected to have raped eight children at Ayobo area of the state to Kirikiri Prison. Alo was arraigned at Family Court, Court 6, Magistrate’s Court, Ikeja on Tuesday for allegedly raping eight children. The children had testified in court that [...]
An Asaba Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment each for assaulting their landlord.The children are Chukwudi Nwokobia, 20, Emeka Nwokobia, 17 and Ify Nwokobia, 23. The court in Nigeria’s Delta state capital, however, gave the convicts an option of N2, 000 as fine [...]
A man, Temple Ngwoke 33, has been charged before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly smoking cigarette inside a filling station at Ikate area of Lekki, Lagos. He was arraigned on a three-count charge of felony to wit, attempt to commit arson, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and giving [...]
A 63-year old grandmother, Funmilayo Ajayi and Adebola Kehinde, 44, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for alleged demolition of a building valued at N200 million without lawful authority. They were charged to court by the police on a four-count charge of conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The police alleged [...]
Three men, who allegedly forged NAFDAC label and sold some substandard products, were on Thursday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The trio, Sunday Nwadozie, 25; Sunday Ani, 22 and Stanley Obah, 23 are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, conversion and possession of fake products. The accused, whose addresses [...]
For refusing to pay a toll of about N120 at the toll plaza along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Eti-Osa, Lagos, a driver, Rozer Oladimeji, 39, has been sentenced to one week imprisonment by an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria. However, he was given an option of N5,000 fine. The presiding magistrate, Mrs. A. A. Famobiwo, [...]
