An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic violence Court has sentenced a man, Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 4-year old girl in a church. The judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of sexual assault...
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An 18-year old girl, on Tuesday, told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Kubwa that her boss’ 36-year-old Chef, Daniel Johnson harassed her to have sex with him. The Sexual and Gender based Violence Response Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice, charged Johnson with three counts bordering on...
Security personnel have been stationed at strategic places in Abeokuta as the Ogun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal delivers its judgement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was heavy security presence as early as 6:00 a.m on Saturday at the Isabo Magistrate Court, Abeokuta. The security...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the Kano State Government to pay N30 billion as compensation to shop owners whose properties were demolished at Kofar Mata Eid praying ground in Kano city. The applicants Incorporated Trustees of Masallacin Idi Shop Owners, Traders Association and...
Mrs Funmi Falana, wife of Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Friday expressed confidence that justice would be served in the death of a young musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba (a.k.a Mohbad). Mrs Falana is a Partner at the Falana Falana Chambers, which is a concerned party in the death of...
The Federal Government has called on labour unions to shelve their proposed strike and refrain from actions capable of undermining the subsisting court orders. It made the call in a letter signed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN and addressed...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Emee Oil And Gas Nig. Ltd., Florence Onojame, who allegedly defrauded Access Bank of N4.4 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onojame appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court alongside her...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s legal team has been putting up a valiant fight to keep him from disclosing his true status and identity at Chicago State University (CSU). People are typically proud to show off their diplomas and degrees as evidence of their academic accomplishments. However, in this...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking disqualification of Mr Timipre Sylva from contesting Nov. 11 Bayelsa governorship poll. Tim Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the plaintiff, Mrs Ogbomade Johnson, failed to prove the case upon preponderance of evidence as required...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by Alhaji Murtala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s candidate in the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi, against Gov. Yahaya Bello and others over alleged plan to arrest him. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a...
Ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship election slated for November 11, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, strong indications have emerged that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timpre Sylva and his running-mate, Joshua Maciver, risk disqualification. This was disclosed on the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, restrained the national body of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from dissolving the Rivers’ chapter of the State Executive Committee (SEC) over alleged anti-party activities. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, said he found that the case of the plaintiff, Mr...
Sixty-nine (69) gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail. Counsel to the suspects, Mr Ochuko Ohimor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Warri...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 36-year-old business woman, Lois Iliya, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged lesbianism with a minor. The defendant was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with unnatural offence, contrary to section 259...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday tendered two documents in evidence against social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with six billion Naira money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the documents were tendered through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to stop the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration from collecting life pensions and other ‘retirement benefits’ from their states while...
Police in Benue State have arraigned one Aondoaseer Agbadu (20) before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday over alleged criminal conspiracy and the harvesting of the kidney of a 17-year-old. Prosecuting Insp. Godwin Ato told the court that one Alexander Swati reported the case at Aliade Police...
A 32-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Ann Akpa, charged with assaulting a magistrate on Thursday regained her freedom after spending three days in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpa was charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace....
A Grade I Area Court sitting in Kabusa, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Kefas Usman to 12 months imprisonment for intimidating his former girlfriend for quitting their relationship. The judge, Malam Abubakar Sadiq, summarily sentenced Usman after he pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the...