Tag: court
Court sends man to prison for raping stepdaughter
A Magistrates Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Adera Sunday, for defiling his 16-year-old...
Edo election: Court summons APC candidate over age falsification
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja has summoned the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the September 21 gubernatorial election in Edo State,...
Man jailed for stealing beans
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has sentenced a 20-year-old man, Samuel John, to six months imprisonment for...
Shari’a Court Judge docked for assaulting neighbour’s wife
A retired Upper Sharia Court judge, Mahmud Shehu, was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 docked in a Magistrates’ Court, in Zaria, Kaduna for allegedly...
Court remands Osun monarch, 4 others for illegal gold mining
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, September 9, 2024 ordered that a traditional ruler in Osun, Taofeeq Osunmakinde, and four others should...
Edo guber: Appeal Court dismisses suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal seeking to disqualify Asue Ighodalo as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic...
Court sends Tambuwal’s aide to prison for defaming Sokoto governor, wife
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court, on Friday, September 6, 2024, remanded Shafi’u Umar in a correctional centre for circulating falsehoods against Governor Ahmad Aliyu...
Court jails 17 internet fraudsters in Edo
The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin, the state capital, has convicted and sentenced 17 internet fraudsters to various jail terms.
The convicts are...
French court extends Telegram CEO’s detention for 2 days
A French court has extended the police custody for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov.
The prosecutors made...
Appeal Court voids judgement faulting Edo PDP guber primaries
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the judgement of a Federal High Court which faulted the conduct of the governorship...
