Tag: court
Court sends 70-year-old man to prison for raping 11-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, remanded a 70-year-old man, Michael Afolabi, in Ikoyi...
S’Court reserves judgement in 19 states’ suit challenging EFCC legitimacy
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial...
EFCC re-arraigns ex-governor, commissioner for N5.78bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu,...
Man jailed for sexually abusing 3 boys
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys.
Lawan of Rangaza...
Drama in court over whereabouts of detained Binance executive
There was a mild drama at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, October 18, 2024, as the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive,...
2 siblings in court for stealing fowls
Two siblings, 18-year-old Ekene Ognwe and 14-year-old Goodluck Ognwe, have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, for...
Court sends 35-year-old man to prison for raping teenager
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Badagry area of Lagos State has remanded a 35-year-old man, Charles Chinonso, in Awarjigoh Correctional Centre for defiling...
Court orders forfeiture of N2.7bn illegal mining proceeds
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N2, 739,836,331.31, being proceeds of illegal mining of...
Russian court fines Telegram for failing to delete banned content
A Moscow court fined Telegram Messenger four million rubles ($41,400) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia.
The court press service announced this in...
Court bars PDP from removing Damagum as national chairman
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic...
