Tag: COURT
Unemployed man charged with raping neighbour’s daughter
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 37-year-old unemployed man, Ogunmakinwa Taye, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s daughter.
The resident of Ikotun, Lagos, is being tried...
NDLEA arrests mother of 7 with 40kg of cannabis
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 50-year-old mother of seven, who allegedly hid 40kg of cannabis...
Businessman docked for allegedly obtaining loan by pretence
A businessman, Ikechukwu Okongwu, was on Monday docked at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining a loan of six million naira...
Absence of judge stalls Kanu’s trial
The trial of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu was stalled on Monday in Federal High Court, Abuja, due...
Kwara CJ pardons 16 prisoners in Ilorin
Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Suleiman Kawu, has granted pardon to 16 convicted prisoners and awaiting trial inmates of Oke Kura and Mandala...
Court orders IGP, 2 others to pay N1m as damages for...
An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Commissioner of Police and Peace Ibekwe-Abdullah to pay Princess Ujunwa Udeani...
Court dissolves 12-year-old marriage over lack of care
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved the 12-year-old marriage between Lekan Ajayi and his wife, Busayo, over lack of care, frequent fighting and...
35-year-old man bags 3-year jail term for raping daughter
A Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at Kasuwan Nama, on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old businessman, Hamza Abubakar, to three-year jail term for raping his...
Court fixes December 6 for hearing on N1bn libel suit against...
A Yola High Court on Tuesday fixed December 6 for hearing of the motion on notice in a N1 billion libel suit filed against...
Man, 25, remanded in prison over rape of six-year-old girl
A Birnin Kebbi Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 25-year-old trader, Faruk Abubakar, in prison for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, Mr. Abubakar Atiku,...