Tag: court
Court frees retiree after 5 months in prison over food debt
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court on Friday discharged one Moses Olatunde, 55, who had been in prison custody since October 2018…
Nobody will stop PDP from going to court – Secondus
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has said that nobody will stop the party…
Oshiomhole to Atiku: We will meet you in court
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday said the party is looking forward to meeting the…
Atiku rejects election result, to head to court
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the announced result of the election,…
Alleged rape: Court remands father pending DPP advice
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a father, Phillip Iyiola, 43, who allegedly raped his…
Cyber crime: Court sentences 18-yr-old student to 1 month imprisonment
Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of FCT High Court Gudu, on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old student, to one month in prison for…
Court docks sales rep for allegedly stealing employer’s N723, 000
A 39-year-old sales representative, Kolade Timothy, who allegedly stole his employer’s N723, 000 was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja…
Sacked SGF Babachir Lawal gets N50m bail
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal bail. Lawal’s…
Court remands man over alleged stealing of teenager’s pant
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of 29- year-old Rasaq Iyanda, for allegedly stealing a 13-year-old…
Court orders arrest of CCB Chairman
A Kaduna State High Court on Friday issued a warrant of arrest against the Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau,…
Breaking: N4.7bn fraud: Court acquits Ladoja
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday acquitted former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja over allegation of N4.7…
You must appear at Fayose’s trial on March 18, Court orders Obanikoro
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered Sen. Musliu Obanikoro to appear in court on March.18.
N650m laundering: Court adjourns, Akinjide’s trial to March 6
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday adjourned the trial of former Federal Capital Territory…
Onnoghen: Count us out of suit filed by Senate at Supreme Court – APC Senators
The All Progressives Congress, APC caucus in the Senate on Monday said they were not part of the suit filed…
Reps Suit: Court warns parties against trial delay
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday, warned parties in suit over a House of Representatives…
Court discharges man who stole his own car
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday discharged one Shehu Adamu, docked for stealing his own car from…
Court dissolves 16-yr-old marriage over threat to life
Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between one…
Court stops Buhari, AGF from removing Onnoghen
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday granted an order of interim injunction restraining President Muhammadu Buhari and…
Senator Dino Melaye gets bail on health grounds
An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Friday granted bail to Sen. Dino Melaye on health grounds. Melaye, representing Kogi West…
Leave Onnoghen alone, Court imposes further restraining order
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has extended the restraining order against the continuation of the trial of the…
Court sentences 22-year old man to death by hanging
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
Court begins trial of man attempting to print N20bn counterfeit Naira notes
The Department of State Services, DSS, on Tuesday began the trial of one Mr John Elem, alleged to have attempted…
Court backs EFCC on seized $2.8m
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has refused to vacate the interim forfeiture order granted on December 28, 2018…
Court restrains Diamond Bank from taking over aircraft
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria has restrained Diamond bank Plc and its appointed…
Court dissolves 16-year-old marriage over constant wife battering
A Grade ‘C’ Customary Court, Bode Igbo, Ibadan, has dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between Taiwo Philip and his wife, Bukola,…
Sex-for-mark: ‘I’m guilty,’ Ex-OAU lecturer admits in court
A former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Prof. Richard Akindele, accused of demanding sex from a student, Monica…
Expulsion of Buruji Kashamu, others from PDP illegal – Court
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday left the Peoples Democratic Party disappointed by ruling that the expulsion of…
Court orders reinstatement of 170 Kogi workers
The National Industrial Court, on Friday in Abuja ordered the reinstatement of 170 workers of Kogi State Government.
Court adjourns till February for continuation of Ajidua’s trial
A German national, Zaid Abu Zalaf standing as a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the…
Digital Switch Over: Court warns ICPC over misrepresentation
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has warned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), against…