Tag: court
Court nullifies PDP primaries in Ogun, order fresh elections
A Federal High court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday, nullified all the primary elections conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party...
Dethroned Lagos monarch jailed 15 years for faking kidnap
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a dethroned monarch (Baale) in Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu...
Court jails pastor for N59.7m fraud
The Special Offences Court siting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced the presiding pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical...
Communities drag BUA, Sokoto govt to court over land acquisition
By Umar Adam, Sokoto
Aggrieved Sokoto communities have dragged BUA Cement and the Sokoto State Government to the state High Court over forceful acquisition of...
Court rejects Baba Ijesha‘s bail application appeal
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has rejected the bail application filed by the convicted Nollywood actor, James Olarewaju, popularly known as...
RCCG pastor jailed 2 years for issuing $1.6m dud cheque
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David...
Court nullifies Zamfara PDP guber primaries
The Federal High Court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, has nullified the gubernatorial primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that produced Dauda...
Wife seeks divorce over husband’s appetite for sex
A housewife, Zainab Yunusa, has asked a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Alhaji Ali Garba,...
Lagos teacher remanded for allegedly sodomising 11-year-old pupil
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday, remanded a 28- year-old teacher, Mohammed Algoni, for allegedly sexually molesting an 11-year-old pupil through...
N6.3bn fraud: EFCC loses as court frees ex-Gov Jang
A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Friday discharged and acquitted a former governor of the state, Air Commodore Jonah Jang (rtd),...
