Tag: court
Man to receive 6 lashes of cane
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that 23-year-old scavenger, Abubakar Garba, be given six lashes of…
Carpenter jailed 2 months for molesting minor
A Grade 1 Area Court, Karmo, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter, Zakaria Yusuf, to two months imprisonment for…
Crisis in Rivers Assembly, expelled Minority Leader drags APC, Speaker to court
The expelled Minority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Benibo Frederick Anabraba, has instituted a suit against the…
Court threatens to jail IG, AG, SSS DG over refusal to release El-Zakzaky
The Federal High Court in Abuja has threatened to jail the Director General, State Security Service, SSS; Inspector General of…
Man nabbed for imprisoning 105-year-old Reverend
An Akure Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of one Robert Ogwuruba, 55, in prison custody for the alleged…
Court warns, discharges pregnant woman
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday warned and discharged one Eucharia Obiora,36, charged with criminal intimidation and…
My wife beats me at will -husband
“My wife is stronger than me and she has turned me into a punching bag,” a man, Lukeman Owolabi, told…
Doctors: End strike or face jail -Kenyan Court
A Kenyan Court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike in the next five days or face jail after…
Woman docked for alleged cheating
The Police on Thursday arraigned one Joy Amadu in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for alleged cheating.…
Farmer in court for murdering 4-month-old baby
A 38-year old farmer, Sylvester Tyokyaa of RCM Primary School, Tyodugh village in Agan Ward, Makurdi, was on Thursday arraigned…
Student caught stealing phone in mosque, faces prosecution
An 18-year-old secondary school student, Murtala Adulfatai, who allegedly entered a mosque and stole a phone valued at N35,000, was…
My wife demands for money before sex
Mr Sunday Olaosebikan on Wednesday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his seven-year-old marriage to his wife,…
Herbalist docked for failing to exorcise evil spirits
A 40-year-old man, Yusuf Afolabi, has appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly failing to exorcise evil spirits tormenting…
2 men remanded over homosexuality, stealing
An Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand in prison of two men, Paul Frank, 31, and…
2 teenagers docked over alleged gang-raping
Two teenagers were on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s’ Court for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl. The defendants-…
Court adjourns N22.4 million suit against Gilmore Engineering
Mr Moses Ibu, an aggrieved employee of Gilmor Engineering Nigeria Limited has instituted N22.4 million suit against the company for…
Applicant in court for alleged impersonation
Azeez Ganiu,36, an unemployed, who allegedly impersonated an officer of the Lagos State Task Force on Tuesday appeared in an…
Accountant in court for stealing employer’s N623,000
For allegedly stealing his employer’s N623,000, a 33-year-old accountant, Kamardeem Raji, was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court…
9 year old marriage dissolved over provocation, beating
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved a nine-year-old marriage between Yemi Lawrence and her husband, Alaba, for frequent provocation,…
30 retired police officers drag Force, Presidency to court
Thirty senior police officers retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force…
Man docked for defiling, impregnating minor
A 38-year-old man, George Chidiebere, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl and impregnated her was on Friday charged before a…
Laura Ikeji gets backlash for photoshopping wedding picture
Younger sister to popular Nigerian blogger Linda Ikeji got married to her beau yesterday at the Ikoyi registry. Laura Ikeji…
Man jailed 3 years for defrauding bishop Oyedepo
Justice Binta Fatima Isah of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria, yesterday January 17, 2017, convicted and sentenced…
Husband removes wife’s womb without consent
A housewife on Thursday asked an Ibadan Customary Court to dissolve her five-year-old marriage because her husband rendered her barren…
NUJ plans suing media organisations over unpaid salaries
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), says it plans to sue media organisations at the Industrial Arbitration Court for defaulting…
Woman bags death sentence for burning daughter alive
A woman in Pakistan has been sentenced to death for burning her daughter alive in a so-called “honor killing” incident.…
Unemployed man in court for stealing fridge
A 22-year-old unemployed man, Qudus Bakare was on Tuesday arraigned before a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s’ court, Lagos State for alleged…
Edo CJ advises judicial officers against bail conditions
Edo Chief Judge Cromwell Idahosa has advised judicial officers against granting bail on stringent conditions to accused persons. Justice Idahosa…
Man in court over N35,000 spiritual fraud
A 33-year-old man, Godwin Akpan, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrate’s’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N35,000 on…
Two men set asylum accommodation on fire
A 27-year-old Algerian man thought to have set his asylum accommodation on fire following a spat over meals served during…