Tag: court
Divorce: Court orders wife to refund N20,000 dowry
A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Thursday ordered a divorce seeking housewife, Binta Sani, to pay N20, 000…
Ferry disaster: South Korea ordered to pay $63.9m to bereaved families
A South Korean court on Thursday ordered the government and the passenger ship operator to pay 72.3 billion won (63.9…
Court orders General Magoro to pay N104m debt
A Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has ordered former Minister of Transport, Major General Mohammed Magoro (retired)to pay…
How fake medical doctor was arrested
A fake medical practitioner, Salisu Usman, on Wednesday confessed at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos that he had been…
Man arraigned for escaping from police custody
A 22-year-old man, Gerald Ogwu, who allegedly escaped from police custody after being arrested for stealing N75,000, was on Tuesday…
India ordered to act against lynchings, prevent ‘mobocracy’
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to prevent mob violence and lynching across India through legislative efforts and…
4 Islamists sentenced to 25 years over terror charges
An Egyptian Court on Monday sentenced four Islamists to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges that included an attack…
Court orders temporary forfeiture of Lekki Property to Nigerian Govt
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a parcel of land in Lekki Peninsula…
Turkey coup attempt: 72 people sentenced to life in prison
A Turkish court sentenced 72 defendants to life in prison on Thursday for their roles in clashes on a suspension…
Tight security as El-Zakzaky, wife appear in court
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, Wednesday arrived at the…
Court orders release of Benedict Peters’ properties in UK
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the immediate release of two properties located in the United Kingdom…
Offa Robbery: Court declines bail for Kwara Gov’s Chief of Staff
The Chief of Staff to Kwara State Governor, Mr. Yusuf Abdulwahab, will have to stay longer in detention as the…
Man remanded for having incestuous relationship with daughter
An incestuous 60-year-old father, Amusat Ashiru, who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter, was on Thursday in Lagos remanded in Kirikiri…
Man allegedly defiles co-tenant’s 9-year-old daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 40-year-old man, Dominic Bassey, for 25 days over alleged…
Badeh granted permission to travel abroad
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday granted permission to former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh to travel abroad…
Man bags 13 months for stealing recharge card
An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo on Wednesday sentenced one Endurance Ebose, 40, to 13 months imprisonment for stealing…
Delta court sentences 2 to death by hanging for armed robbery
Justice A. A. Onojovwo of the Delta State High Court, Warri, has sentenced two members of a notorious gang of…
Property Dispute: US Court Rules In favour Of MFM Over Breakaway Pastors
A court in the United States has ruled in favour of Nigerian Pentecostal church, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries…
EFCC ordered to unfreeze Nyako’s account, unseal his estate
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to unconditionally unfreeze the account of Sen.…
Chrisland School pupil was defiled, doctor tells court
A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the…
Gov. Bagudu survives law suit seeking his removal
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking to remove Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi.
Man bags 7 years imprisonment for impersonating EFCC personnel
A Benin High Court on Thursday, sentenced a middle-aged man, AKeju Isaac to seven years in prison with hard labour…
Benghazi attack organiser sentenced to 22 years in prison
A court in the U.S. has sentenced Ahmed Khatallah, the organiser of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on diplomatic…
Man in court over alleged N7m Visa scam
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Sarumi Abdulrasheed, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N7 million Visa…
Court overturns death sentence on teen who killed husband
Sudanese court on Tuesday overturned a death sentence on a teenager and jailed her for five years instead, the girl’s…
How 2 men beat friend to death
A prosecution witness, Chioma Okon, on Tuesday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos how two of her brother’s friends,…
N270m loan: 2,000 Kano farmers dragged to court
Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN) in Kano on Monday said it had dragged 2,000 farmers to court for defaulting…
Man in trouble for alleged flight tickets fraud
The Police on Thursday arraigned a 38-year-old man, Saburi Momoh, in a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, over alleged…
Man remanded over alleged kidnap
The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 26-year-old man, Frank Amos, over alleged kidnap and dishonest receipt of N200,000…
Five suspected ritualists granted bail
Five persons accused of being in possession of human parts were on Tuesday granted bail of N200,000 each at an…