Tag: court
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…
Demolition: Court stops Kaduna Govt., KASUPDA
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna High Court has granted an order stopping Kaduna State government or its agencies from demolishing buildings along…
Ladipo Market traders settle rift over demolition
Cyriacus Izuekwe Justice Iyabo Akinkugbe of the Lagos State High Court has struck out an order stopping the demolition of…
3 suspected cult leaders arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested three men suspected to be leaders of cult groups that have been terrorising residents…
Gay bites off man’s lip over sex
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 27-year old man, Saidi Abubaka, has been arrested and charged with sodomy before Magistrates’ court sitting in…
Bursar in police net for stealing school fees
Bursar in police net for stealing school fees Cyriacus Izukwe A 27-year-old private school bursar has been arrested after she…
I’m not a big time robber- convict
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 23-year old man, Leke Adebowale, who has spent the last four years in and out of the…
“I no longer feel connected to my husband,” says divorce seeking wife
A 29-year-old housewife, Maryam Aliyu, has prayed a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, to dissolve her 9-year-old marriage to her…
Boy, 14, remanded for being in possession of generator alternator
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Ogudu, Lagos State, on Friday ordered that Saminu Garuba , 14, be remanded for allegedly being…
Drama in court as Magistrate preaches forgiveness to Reverend
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The arraignment of three teenage boys at a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Benin on Monday caused a mild…
Electricity supply to court disconnected over N250,000 bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was disagreement between electricity workers and court officials after the workers of the Ikeja Electricity company stormed…
Kano court sends 11 to prison for smoking cannabis sativa
Maduabuchi NMmeribeh/Kano Senior Magistrate Ahmed Hassan Fagge at a Kano Senior Magistrate Court in Nomans-Land, Sabon Gari, Kano, northwest Nigeria,…
Why we’re in court against Dogara – APC Legislator
Eromosele Ebhomele A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives from Lagos State, Jide Jimoh, on Thursday told selected journalists that…
Man, 50, bags 9 years in prison for defiling girl, 11
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 50-year old man, Nosa Edebiri, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court…
Tribunal to hear suit challenging Gbajabiamila’s election victory
Henry Ojelu The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has fixed 27 July for the hearing of the…
Man, 40, beats up 71-year old woman over missing phone
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year old man, Ikechukwu Offor has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s Court, Ejigbo, for allegedly beating…
Don’t turn court to playground, Judge warns PDP, APC, LP
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Justice Olatunregun Ishola of Federal High Court, sitting in Asaba, Delta state, has warned political parties not to…
Nigeria Police can prosecute all offences, says Court
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division held today that the Nigeria Police Force can prosecute all offences, including those under…
18 suspects in court over failed Burundi coup
Burundi took 18 people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the high court, relatives…
Court fails to stop Buhari’s presidential bid
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A legal plot to stop the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress from contesting the 28 March…
BREAKING: Court bars soldiers from polling stations
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Monday, restrained the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government…
N11bn Scam: Ex-Kogi Gov, Audu beats EFCC official in court
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said on Wednesday that former governor of Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, who it…