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Court sentences man to 14-year imprisonment for rape
A magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 23-year-old, Benjamin John, to 14 years imprisonment for raping a 16-year…
Judge Orders Removal Of Bullet Logged In Defendant’s Leg
Justice Halilu Yusuf of the FCT High Court, Jabi has ordered the Nigerian Prisons to plan for surgery to extract…
My Mother-In-law Wants Me Out
“My mother-in-law wants her son to throw me out his house after he impregnated his girlfriend,” 29-year-old petty trader, Adegbite…
Teenager, 9-Year-old Nabbed For Defiling Minor
A teenager and a nine-year-old boy, who allegedly defiled a four-year-old girl, were on Thursday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’…
Samsung Chief’s Trial To Start Next Week
Samsung Group leader Jay Lee will go on trial for bribery and embezzlement on March 9, a court said, amid…
Court Sentences Man To Death By Hanging
An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Friday sentenced 30- year-old man, Shedrack Clement to death by hanging for armed robbery.…
Court Dismisses charges against Kanu
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has dismissed six count of the eleven count charges preferred against the self-styled…
Court Adjourns Gen Ijioma‘s Suit Against Army Council
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has adjourned hearing of the suit instituted by Maj.Gen. Ijioma Ijioma, against the Nigerian Army…
Court grants 10 land grabbers N50m bail
Magistrate Wahab Balogun of Court 7, Lagos State Magistrates' Court, Igbosere has granted N50 million bail conditions to 10 land…
Court dissolves 11-year old marriage
The Customary Court situated at Mapo Hall Area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State on Wednesday dissolved an 11-year old…
N8.1b Debt: Court Freezes 21 Bank Accounts of Senator Stella Oduah
A federal high court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria has restrained Senator Stella Ada Oduah and Sea Petroleum and…
Buhari gave judge N500,000 during certificate controversy -Witness
A witness in the corruption trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the embattled judge…
Kenyan court frees jailed doctors union officials
Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered the release of officials of the national doctors’ union so they can continue…
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Court Orders Forfeiture of Yakubu’s $9.8m to FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of the…
Majek Fashek to sue Timi Dakolo
Timi Dakolo is set to be dragged to court by Nigerian music legend, Majek Fashek, for using Majek’s all time…
Automobile parts dealer jailed 10 years
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced an automobile parts dealer, Okeke Chika Victor, to 10 years imprisonment…
Officers accused of killing to know fate on Monday
The five policemen accused in the alleged extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005, will on Monday know their…
5000 teachers go through re-screening
The Akwa Ibom chapter of Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) has threatened to drag Akwa Ibom government to court for contempt…
My wife beats me often, separate us, husband begs court
An Ibadan based travel agent, Mr Oluwatimilehin Oyewole, on Friday begged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his…
Man nabbed for bombing radio station
A Lokoja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday ordered the remand of a middle-aged man, Hayatudeen Amoto, in prison for allegedly…
Yahoo boy bags 2 years imprisonment
A Federal High Court, sitting in Benin-City, Edo State on Thursday, convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment, one Osagie…
Court issues partial ban of poem about Erdogan
A German Court has granted Turkish President Recep Erdogan an injunction on parts of a satirical poem by a German…
Tv star to appeal false testimony conviction
A German reality TV starlet Gina-Lisa Lohfink, is set to appear before a Berlin court on Friday in an effort…
Court orders forfeiture of oil company’s $1.8m
A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria has ordered interim attachment of all funds and stakes accruable…
Lalong loses appeal against sacked councillors
The Court of Appeal in Jos, on Wednesday threw out an appeal filed by Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau, against…
Man to receive 7 strokes for trespass
A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that 18-year-old man, Aminu Abdullahi, be given seven strokes of the…
Court discharges 34-year-old robbery suspect
An FCT High Court, Gudu, Abuja, on Monday discharged a 35-year-old robbery suspect, Kelechi Isaac, for lack of diligent prosecution. Isaac was charged…
Fani-Kayode explores out of court settlement over N26m scam
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has asked the Federal High Court Abuja, to adjourn his case to allow him…
Court adjourns suit against Diamond Bank
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has fixed March 8 for the hearing of a case instituted by one Mr Luke…
Fani-Kayode seeks out of court settlement
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode on Monday, asked the Federal High Court Abuja, to adjourn his case to allow him…