Enugu Court remands woman for using pestle on stepson, inflicting bodily harm
An Enugu State magistrate court has remanded a woman, Mrs. Ada Ogbogu for allegedly breaking her three-year old stepson’s bone…
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Court bars CBN, Accountant-General from withholding Kano LG funds
A Kano state high court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Accountant-General of Federation, AGF, and the…
EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Protesters moved out as court strikes out suit (VIDEO)
The Nigerian government has moved EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters from the Abuja Federal High Court premises. This followed Justice Obiora Egwuatu’s decision…
Cleric bags life imprisonment for defiling minor
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for…
Alleged N1.3bn Fraud: Court orders arrest of Dana Air MD, Ranesh
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant for the Managing Director of Dana Air, Mr Hathiramani…
Edo: Court summons Omobayo over refusal to vacate Deputy gov’s position
The embattled Deputy Governor of Edo State, Godwin Omobayo, has been ordered to appear in person before an Abuja Federal…
UTME 2019: Court convicts ‘Professor Jisos’ over impersonation
A Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has jailed one ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos six months over impersonation during…
BREAKING: EndBadGovernance: Court grants 67 arraigned minors N10m bail each
An Abuja Federal High Court has granted bail in the sum of N10 million each to 67 minors who are…
Court grants VeryDarkMan bail with stringent conditions
Following his arraignment for impersonation on Friday, social media critic, Martins Otse aka VeryDarkMan has been granted bail in the…
LG poll: Court voids administrative charges imposed by OGSIEC
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has nullified the administrative charges imposed on candidates by the State Independent…
Delta: Court remands man in prison for allegedly defiling girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter
A Delta State High Court sitting in Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area has ordered the remand of Mr…
BREAKING: Court stops CBN from releasing allocation to Rivers State
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from further releasing monthly financial allocations…
Wife seeks dissolution of 1-year-old marriage over lack of love
A housewife, Kafilat AbdulLateef, on Tuesday asked the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, to dissolve her one-year-old marriage to…
Court throws out suit seeking to postpone Ogun LG poll
The Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has dismissed a suit by 16 political parties in the state, seeking…
Emefiele: He instructed me against keeping records of money collected for him – Witness tells court
A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, has tendered another evidence before a Lagos High court sitting in Ikeja that the former…
Our order stoping PDP’s congresses in Abia still subsists – Court rules
Abia State High Court, Bende Judicial Division, presided over by Justice C.U. Okoroafor, has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Court reserves judgement in suit seeking suspension of federal allocations to Rivers State
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to stop the release of federal…
Four arraigned for stealing tiles worth N200,000
The Police on Friday arraigned four persons before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing tiles worth N200,000.…
Alleged rape: Court discharges, acquits UNIBEN lecturer
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has discharged and acquitted a lecturer with the University of Benin, UBTH,…
Court remands SS3 student in Ondo for allegedly killing colleague
A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has remanded a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko,…
Canadian woman bags 11 years’ jail term for importing cannabis into Nigeria
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, to 11 years…
Alleged Bribery: Court fixes date to hear pending applications against Ganduje, 7 others
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, fixed November 20, for hearing of pending applications in the ongoing case of…
Court orders EFCC, DSS to arrest anyone attempting to sell late Justice Bello’s properties
Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction ordering the arrest,…
Court refuses to bar PDP from postponing October 24 NEC meeting in Abuja
The Federal High Court, Gusau division, Zamfara State, has refused to stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from postponing its…
Yola court jails woman for abusing stepchildren
The Chief Magistrate Court II sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has convicted and sentenced a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, to one…
Osun: APC drags Adeleke, OSSIEC to court, seeks nullification of planned LG polls
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Osun State chapter has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission,…
IPOB: Court threatens to jail DSS DG for blocking Nnamdi Kanu from lawyers
The Abuja Federal High Court on Friday threatened to jail the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS,…
SDP condemns Kogi gov’t’s planned LG election, despite flooding, court order
The National Working Committee of the Social Democratic Party, SDP has condemned the Kogi State Government for going ahead with…
Realtor docked over alleged N19m fraud
A 43-year-old Realtor, Olumade Owoseni, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, in a N19 million alleged fraud case.…
Man arraigned over alleged theft, breach of peace
The Police on Friday arraigned a 32-year-old man, Ojo Oluwaseun, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of…
Emefiele: Court gives nod to EFCC’s request to present witness
An FCT High Court in Maitama has accepted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to present…
Court fixes Nov 8 to hear NNPCL Staff Cooperative Society leadership dispute
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Thursday, shifted further hearing in the leadership crisis…
Okuama killings: Court adjourns N2bn suit against Nigerian army
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Lucky…
Court jails 15 internet fraudsters in Edo
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of 15…
Man jailed for illegal possession of 1kg cannabis
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 40-year-old man, Noah Oke, to three years imprisonment for illegal…
Edo Guber: Six political parties petition tribunal, allege irregularities
Six political parties have filed petitions at the Edo State election tribunal challenging the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo, candidate…
Court orders VeryDarkMan to delete defamatory video made against Femi Falana
A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse AKA VeryDarkMan to…
Two arraigned over alleged N9.6m chairs theft
The Lagos State Police Command has dragged two men, Chiagoziem Obi, and Joseph Nkpokpo, before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in…
Rivers LG Poll: We’ll not go to court – Councillorship candidates declare
The Coalition of Councillorship Candidates in the recent 2024 local government elections in Rivers State says it will not contest…
Court order didn’t stop PDP NWC before sacking Damagun – Ugochinyere
Spokesperson of Nigeria opposition lawmakers coalition, Hon Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has said that court order didn’t stop the National Working…
BREAKING: Court stops PDP NEC, BoT from sacking Damagum as Acting National Chairman
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday restrained the National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) of…
Court rejects Binance executive’s fresh bail plea
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a fresh bail application filed by the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s…
Court adjourns hearing over absence of kidnap kingpin Evans
A Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja has adjourned the arraignment and plea bargain outcome of convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme…
Court sentences scavenger to 8 strokes of cane for stealing goat
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered that a 21-year-old scavenger, Ibrahim Usman, be given eight strokes of the…
Suspension of PDP National Vice Chairman: Court remands ex-Ebonyi party boss
An Abakaliki Magistrate Court in Ebonyi State has remanded a former acting state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ondo guber: Court orders INEC to allow Abure-led leadership access to portal
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue the Julius Abure-led…
Court remands couple for alleged cruelty to children
A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola on Tuesday ordered that a couple, Abubakar Yuguda and Fatima Abubakar, be remanded…
EndBadGovernance: Court reduces protesters’ bail from N10m to N5m
A Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has granted a bail variation to five #EndBadGovernance protesters. DAILY POST recalls that…
Two Fulani herders in court over alleged unlawful grazing
Two Fulani herders – Musa Haruna, 25, and Saliu Sanusi, 27, on Friday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court…
Two arraigned for allegedly impersonating naval officers
Two persons, Lekan Abiola and Timileyin Olaniyan, were on Friday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly impersonating…