Tag: court
IPOB: Court strikes out 8 counts, begins Kanu’s trial on 7
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out eight of the 15 terrorism and felony charges proffered against the detained leader of...
Court jails man 12 months for attempting to steal from Obasanjo
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Seun Sowemimo, to 12 months imprisonment without option of fine for attempting to steal from ex-President...
Soyinka: I’m ready to go to court to know Bola Ige’s...
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed interest in the legal proceedings to unravel the killers of a former Attorney General of the Federation...
Court convicts ex-Perm Sec as EFCC appeals Morro’s discharge
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior, Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, on charges of fraud...
Man bags life imprisonment for raping UNILAG student
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping...
Clearing agent bags 30 years jail term for importing cannabis
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a clearing and forwarding agent, Napoleon Osariemen, to 30 years jail term for illegally importing...
Court clears ex-NNPC GMD of $9.7m money laundering charge
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of money...
Court adjourns ruling on OAU student’s murder case
An Osun High Court in Osogbo, on Friday, adjourned to March 30, ruling in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a post-graduate student of...
Court jails three internet fraudsters in Ibadan
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters to various jail terms.
The convicts, Toheed Busayo Tiamiyu...
Court sacks 20 Cross River lawmakers over defection
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly over their defection from the...
