Court remands cleric for alleged murder
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Friday ordered that a cleric, Abass Tiamiyu be remanded in Abolongo correctional...
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I was lured into commercial sex work in Libya by businesswoman, witness tells court
A Libyan returnee told a Federal High Court in Ibadan that she was enslaved in Libya a commercial sex worker. The...
Court remands man for alleged N-POWER stipend fraud
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s...
Court sentences Dane to death for killing Nigerian wife, child
A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife...
Community leader, 2 others docked for alleged intimidation
A community leader and two others were on Thursday docked in a Grade I Area Court, for alleged criminal intimidation...
Absence of witness stalls hearing in alleged copyright infringement suit
The absence of a witness in a Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, stalled hearing in alleged copyright infringements filed...
Court admits 2 to N20m bail for alleged rice fraud
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Thursday admitted two men to bail in the sum of N10 million each,...
My wife, children frequently beat me – Man alleges
A 62-year-old retired banker, Mr Kazeem Ogidan on Wednesday sought the dissolution of his 36-year-old marriage to wife, Risikat in...
Trader bags 6 months jail for stealing Turkeys
A Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old trader, Jamilu Abdullahi, to six months imprisonment for...
“My wife left me and went to Canada”, man tells court
An Igando Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the marriage between Mr Sheriff Lawal and his estranged wife, Shakirat, due to...
Court orders British Nigerian Academy to pay dismissed staff N1m
The National Industrial Court has ordered the British Nigerian Academy Ltd., to pay its dismissed staff member, Rita Lenber, N1 million...
Teacher seeks divorce over fear of being beaten to death
A teacher, Mrs Uju Onyekachi, on Tuesday begged an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her marriage to her...
Electrician jailed 12 months for breach of contract, cheating
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old electrician, Ikoko Friday to 12 months imprisonment...
Teenager drags father to court over refusal to give marriage consent
A teenager, Halima Yunusa, on Monday dragged her father before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for...
Court acquits man of defiling 10-year-old step daughter
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday discharged and acquitted a man, Sunday Akpan, of defiling his...
Woman begs court to retrieve ‘marriage gifts’ from ex-husband
A 19-year-old women, Fulera Aliyu on Monday prayed a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to help her retrieve...
School bus driver bags life imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a school bus driver, Tony Akpan to life imprisonment...
2 brothers docked for allegedly assaulting 80-year-old woman
Two brothers were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly assaulting an 80-year-old woman. The...
Alleged cruelty to minor: Court orders housewife to open defence July 5
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court, Maitama on Thursday fixed July 5, for a housewife, Esther Nwatu, to...
Driver, 25, bags life imprisonment for robbing, raping 23-year-old student
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 25-year-old driver, Tope Ojolo, to life imprisonment for raping a College of Education,...
