Tag: court
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…
Sex-for-marks: No bail for OAU lecturer, court rules
A Federal High Court in Osogbo on Tuesday refused to grant bail to a former Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) lecturer,…
Court jails pastor 15 years for raping 8 members
A South Korean Pastor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping eight of his members more than…
Court sentences South Korea pastor to 15 years imprisonment
A South Korean Pastor was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for raping eight followers over 40 different…
Court jails scavenger for buying stolen goods
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a scavenger, Ibrahim Adamu, to six months imprisonment for buying…
Court grants N500,000 bail to accused for allegedly stealing N550,000 property
A 42-year-old man, Jide Oyedele ON Friday, appeared in an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos for alleged theft of pickup van…
N1.6bn fraud: Court orders EFCC to re-arraign ex-aide to Jonathan
A Federal High Court In Lagos, on Friday, ordered the re-arraignment of a former presidential aide, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa charged by…
N110m fraud: Court remands 2 businessmen in Kuje prison
FCT High Court in Apo on Wednesday ordered two business men, Moses Esuga, and Nasir Mohammed, to be remanded in…
N650m fraud: Court refuses to transfer ex-FCT minister’s case
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday dismissed applications for case transfer filed by Sen. Ayo Adeseun and Olanrewaju…
Again, Court stops Kano Assembly from investigating Ganduje
A Kano High Court on Monday upheld its earlier order halting the state House of Assembly Investigative Committee from investigating…
Court revokes Orji Kalu’s bail
Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday revoked the bail of a former Governor of…
Court hears suit challenging legality of IKoyi Marriage Registry, others
A Federal High Court in Lagos will on Monday, November 12, 2018 begin hearing in a suit challenging the constitutionality…
Kanu’s escape: Fani-Kayode, Abaribe, others to face trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, okays a suit seeking an order of mandamus to compel the police…
Minimum wage: Court orders FG, labour to submit report on negotiations
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, in Abuja, has ordered both the Federal Government and the organised labour to submit…
Asset declaration: Court refuses to issue bench warrant against Ekweremadu
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday turned down application for a bench warrant to be issued against the Deputy…
Court orders reinstatement of 77 Kaduna District Heads
A High Court, sitting in Zaria, on Wednesday ordered the Kaduna State Government to reinstate all the dethroned 77 District…
Court adjourns N2.2bn forfeiture suit against Amosu to Nov. 12
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday adjourned till November 12, 2018 to decide the application…
Court refuses to grant fresh order stopping Labour’s strike
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday rejected a request for a fresh order stopping the organised…
Court remands 6 men in EFCC custody over N148m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday charged six men and a company before a Federal High Court…
13 smugglers re-arraigned in court for kidnapping custom officer in Ogun
By Adejoke Adeleye Ogun State Police has re-arraigned in court 13 suspected smugglers who allegedly kidnapped an operative of the…
Hunter allegedly shoots man on orange tree
A 60-year-old hunter, Samuel Adeniyi, who allegedly shot a man on an orange tree during a hunting expedition, was on…
Unpaid N42.3bn gratuities: Oyo Govt, pensioners to settle out of court
The National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday fixed Nov. 14 for report of out-of-court settlement in a case…
Driver beats electricity official over power disconnection
For allegedly beating up an electricity official and damaging his ladder, a 48-year-old driver, Isaac Alegbe, was on Wednesday brought…
Man remanded for setting fire to father’s N10.8m property
A 34-year-old unemployed man, Ikemefuna Anyaka, who allegedly set fire to his father’s property worth N10.8 million, on Wednesday appeared…
My husband killed my love with battery – Wife
A housewife, Mercy Imoke, on Wednesday prayed an Upper Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, to dissolve her marriage, claiming…
Woman accuses husband of beating her before sex
A housewife, Oluwakemi Patrick, pleaded with an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday to dissolve marriage because her husband…
Woman sentenced for insulting a police officer
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced one Faith Kathy to two-month imprisonment for insulting a…
N2.2bn fraud: Court grants Fayose N50 million bail
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted a N50 million bail to former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele…
Looters’ list didn’t violate right of alleged culprits – Court
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday ruled that the Federal Government’s alleged looters’…