A 29-year-old school bus driver, Desmond Mazeli, who allegedly sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy was on Friday docked in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The police charged Mazeli, who resides at No 112 Itire, Surulere, Lagos, with sexual abuse of minor. He pleaded not guilty to the charge....
Judiciary
A High Court in Lokoja has sentenced one Muritala Dare to death by hanging. He was convicted of stabbing his colleague to death with a broken bottle. Justice Josiah Majebi, who presided over the case at High Court 2, Lokoja, found the accused guilty after considering his involvement in...
An Ikeja Special Offence Court on Tuesday ordered that a social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of conspiracy to launder N5.9billion. The defendant was arraigned alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd on a fresh eight-count...
A Nigerian man identified as Shalom Olumide Ayotunde will spend the next 46 months in US prison after being convicted by a court. He was sentenced to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Shalom Olumide Ayotunde, 39, who pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021,...
A mother of three, Olamide Lawal, on Friday pleaded with a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her husband, Saheed Lawal, engages her with too much sex. In her petition, Olamide who lives in Ibadan also accused her husband of being...
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted five Dowen College students, charged with the alleged murder of their 12-year-old schoolmate to bail in the sum of N1million each. The police charged the boys who are minors with conspiracy and homicide. Chief magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola, after hearing...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, nullified the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Andy Uba, in the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the June 26 primary of the party which produced Uba as its standard-bearer...
The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction and 30 days sentencing of a senior lawyer, Joseph Nwobike. He was charged with an attempt to pervert the course of justice. In a unanimous decision on Monday, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, faulted...
The absence of Justice Iniekenimi Uzakah of a High Court in Bayelsa on Monday stalled the trial of John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials in Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that court registry staff informed...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria, have a filed a suit before a Federal High Court three Bauchi, seeking for an order to compel a former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to honour their agreement with him to contest the 2023 Presidential...
A 33-year-old man, Oyebode Odewale, was on Thursday docked in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly writing RIP on his girlfriend’s picture on social media. The police charged Odewale with two counts of breach of peace and threat to life. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday barred erring Judges from being promoted and also issued them with warning letters. Soji Oye, NJC Director of Information who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the decision was taken during the council’s two-day meeting in Abuja. At the meeting...
The National Industrial Court has ordered the National Pension Commission and Sigma Pension Limited to allow a retiree, Rakiya Girei access to withdraw 50 per cent of her Retirement Savings Account (RSA), within 30 days. The judge, Justice Benedict Kanyip, delivering the judgment on Thursday also declared that failure...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Following case of alleged child battering leading to grievous injury and wrongly confinement brought before a Chief Magistrate Court siting in Sokoto against one Rahila Yakubu, Chief Magistrate, Fatima Hassan has ordered the remanding of the suspect. The suspect, 33 years old Rahila Yakubu,...
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Wednesday, produced 14 suspected invaders of the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili, for arraignment at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suspects were led into Court 11 by the operatives from the Force Headquarters at about 1:40pm where they will be arraigned...
A Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a woman, Christiana Odo, accused of stabbing her husband to death during a fight. Justice Yetunde Adesanya, discharged and acquitted the defendant after the evidence of self defence was established by the testimonies of the...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja has fixed Feb. 14, 2022 for the commencement of trial of a British national, James Nolan, over allegations bordering on money laundering. Justice Donatus Okorowo fixed the date in view of the valedictory court session held on Monday in honour of the former...
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division has dismissed an appeal by the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, challenging the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)’s seizure of his 12 assets and freezing of all his accounts over his alleged N69.4billion debt. AMCON’s Head of Corporate Communications...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has threatened to grant an Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) suit, seeking an order to freeze the Adamawa State Government’s salary accounts over inability to pay back N84 million loan six years after borrowing. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, gave the state...
The Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), on Friday, prayed a Federal High Court to stop Gov. Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe from parading himself as the National Chairman, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC). PYM, a support group, made the call in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1577/2021...