Tag: court
Synagogue Collapse: Court adjourns ruling to Nov. 9
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Nov. 9 to rule on a suit by an engineer of…
Man with human head lands in court
The police on Thursday arraigned a 75-year-old, James Adeniran, and three others in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged…
Court convicts motorists for attempting to bribe FRSC Marshal
Jethro Ibileke/Begin A middle aged motorist, Ayo Okundaye, has been convicted by a mobile court sitting in Benin court for…
Independence Day bombings: Chain Okah, FG tells court
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to put the alleged…
Man, 40, says father-in-law sent him out of matrimonial home
A 40-year old Information Technologist, Mr Samuel Bankole on Tuesday told an Igando Customary court in Lagos that his father-in-law…
$330,000 Scam: Court resumes trial of Maurice Ibekwe’s accomplice
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has begun proceedings into the trial of Chief Augunos…
Court orders remand of 17 suspected killers of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss
An Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) leave to remand in custody, 17 suspects…
Court issues Bench Warrant on Apugo over N36m fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Prince Benedict…
Court grants 2 Nigerians, 5 foreigners N1m bail each
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted one million bail each for two Nigerians, one Beninese and four…
Man faces trial for killing his dad
Akin Kuponiyi A 35-year-old man, Nelson Oamen, alleged to have killed his 75-year-old father, Sunday Ehiremen Oamen, has appeared before…
Four cyber crime offenders face criminal charge
AKIN KUPONYI Special Fraud Unit, (SFU),of Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, southwest Ngeria, has arraigned a lady and three men before…
Pay Ecobank N3.1bn, court orders Zamfara Govt
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered Zamfara Government to pay Ecobank Nigeria N3.1 billion…
Court urged to declare Murtala Muhammed’s son bankrupt
AKIN KUPONIYI Two Federal high courts sitting in Lagos, south west Nigeria, have adjourned two bankruptcy suits filed against Risqua…
3 charged with robbing man at gun-point
Three unemployed men, Olawale Babalola, Oluwafemi Olawale and Akeem Mukaila, were on Wednesday arraigned in Lagos on charges of robbing…
Man buys car with dud cheque
Cyriacus Izuewkwe A 27-year-old man, Olatunbosun Kehinde, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly issuing a…
Maid 17, bathes employer with hot water
Paul Iyoghojie A 17-year-old house maid, Esther Abiodun, has been arraigned before a Lagos State magistrates’ court for allegedly pouring…
Man sent to prison for buying stolen phone
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 43-year-old man, Haruna Ibrahim, who allegedly bought a stolen phone for N2,000 in Lagos State, western Nigeria,…
Landlord arraigned over tenant’s missing $6,000
Izuekwe Cyriacus A 60-year-old landlord, Cletus Egwuatumba, and his secretary, Ngozi Onuaju, 36, have landed in trouble after they illegally…
Policeman escapes mob attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Corporal attached to Isolo division, Ibukun Mathew, narrowly escaped death after a group of people attempted…
Ojuelegba tragedy: Truck owner arraigned
AKIN KUPONIYI The owner of the truck whose container fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba overhead bridge, in Lagos,…
2 men arrested for forging Customs clearing papers
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ajao Estate have arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in forging the Nigeria Customs…
Quest for movie stardom: Woman loses N2.1m to fake spiritualist
Cyriacus Izuekwe A middle aged woman, Gloria Sule, has been allegedly duped by a fake spiritualist, Francis Kalu, after she…
Bank MD, two orders remanded in prison for stealing
Akin Kuponiyi Former MD of Cashcow Microfinance Bank Limited, Mrs Titilayo Adesanya, a director of the bank Olufemi Tinuoye and…
Lawyer re-arraigned over alleged fingering of girl, 9, inside court
Paul Iyoghojie A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Christopher Uzoamaka, aka Americana, has been re-arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western…
Sambo Dasuki in court, granted bail
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), was on Tuesday granted bail on self-recognition following his…
Court orders arrest of society lady, Folasade Omotade
A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has issued a bench warrant for arrest of a society lady, Princess Abiodun…
Lagos frozen fish seller docked for alleged N3.9m fraud
A frozen fish seller, 55-year-old Tawa Kollington, on Thursday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly…
Site engineer bolts with employer’s building materials
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted a N100,000 bail to a 38-year-old site engineer, Makinde Ayodele, for allegedly…
DSS charges ex-NSA, Dasuki to court over possession of illegal firearms
Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services, DSS on Monday said it had charged former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki…
Security guard docked over theft of employer`s N2m valuables
A 29-year-old security guard, James Nanjui, was on Friday arraigned at a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing his…