Tag: court
Man, 28, docked for allegedly stealing motorcycle
A 28-year-old man, Dankaratu Kareem, was on Monday brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for…
Ex-FCT minister heads to court as INEC declares Lalong re-elected
Senator Jeremiah Useni, gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau has vowed to challenge the re-election of…
Court remands bricklayer for alleged sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 32-year-old bricklayer, Osas Omo, who allegedly sexually assaulted an eight-year-old…
Bauchi polls : Court fixes March 25 for judgment
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed March 25 to deliver judgment on a suit seeking to stop (INEC)from resuming…
Court nullifies Omo-Agege’s candidacy
A Federal High Court in Asaba on Monday nullified the candidacy of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central and other…
Court dissolves 22-year-old marriage over lack of love
An Agege Customary Court in Lagos, has dissolved a 22-year-old marriage between a driver, Kasali Raji, 64, and his wife…
‘I’m going to court,’ Hope Uzodinma rejects Imo guber poll results
The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Imo State, Hope Uzodinma says he is heading to court to challenge the…
N11.5bn fraud: Court adjourns Akala, others’ case due to witness’ absence
Justice Olalekan Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Wednesday adjourned the trial of the…
N10.3m scam: Court orders Nigerian surety to produce Briton
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has given a Nigerian surety, Nurudeen Ekundayo, till June 24, 2019…
INEC must allow Atiku, PDP access to all electoral materials, court orders
A three-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and…
Court stops APC governorship candidate in Taraba from contesting election
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Wednesday disqualified Mr. Sani Danladi, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives…
Ex-nursery school staff charged with manslaughter
Akin Kuponiyi A former staff of a Lagos-based private nursery school, Rukayat Amisu, has been remanded in prison by a…
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…