Breaking; Abuja Court dismisses suit seeking to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers in Rivers Assembly.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State…
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Court discharges labourer charged with theft of tanker batteries
A Karu Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Thursday discharged a 21-year-old labourer, Zaradeen Sani, charged with theft of four batteries…
Father remanded for alleged sexual assault of 7-year old daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 53-year-old man, Bitrus Daniyan, in a Correctional Centre for alleged indecent…
Court remands man for defiling stepdaughter
A Makurdi Magistrates Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Adera Sunday, 40, accused of defiling of his 16-year-old…
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Traders locked out as court orders Ogbomoso market shut [PHOTOS]
Scores of traders and butchers at the newly constructed Wazobia (Wazo) market in Ogbomoso, Oyo State have been locked out…
Indonesia: Nigerian sentenced to death for drug trafficking released after years in jail
A Nigerian man, Emmanuel Ihejirika, who had been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking, has been released after…
Court remands man to decide on children’s upkeep
One Musa Hussaini was on Wednesday remanded by a Shari’a Court in Kaduna for some hours to enable him think…
Man remanded for allegedly defiling 9-year-old girl
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday remanded a 44-year-old man, Sunday Lukas in custody, for allegedly…
Court remands Kano chemist accused of raping 9-year-old girl to death
A Kano Magistrate Court sitting in the No-man’s-land area of Sabon Gari has ordered the remand of a chemist for…
Two men in court over alleged possession of human head
Two men, Mustapha Bello, 32; and Oladele Damilare, 25, on Monday appeared before the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged…
Ekiti: Court orders arrest of Venerable Oke Olarewaju
The Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the arrest of a cleric, Venerable Oke Olarewaju,…
Kwara court convicts 40 for indiscriminate refuse dumping, illegal scavenging
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced 40 persons to a three-month jail term each for violation of…
Court orders substituted service on IGP, AGF in Rivers LGA dispute
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an ex parte application allowing the service of court documents…
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Yhemolee weds partner in court [VIDEO]
Popular nightlife influencer Idowu Adeyemi, professionally called Yhemolee, has legally tied the knot with his lover, Tayo B. The couple…
Ekiti: Court sentences four to life imprisonment for kidnapping, conspiracy
The High Court of Ekiti State, presided over by Hon. Justice A.L. Ogunmoye, on Monday convicted and sentenced four persons…
BREAKING: Court extends order restricting Abuja protesters to National Stadium
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has extended the order restricting participants in the…
Rivers APC crisis: Court delivers judgement August 12
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt will deliver judgement on Monday, August 12, 2024, on a suit filed…
Court declines jurisdiction on El-Rufai’s fundamental rights suit
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice R.M. Aikawa, has declined jurisdiction in the suit filed…
Enugu APC crisis: Court bars Agballah, nine others
A High Court sitting in Enugu State has granted an injunction preventing Barr Ugochukwu Agballah from parading as the chairman…
Court jails two persons for vandalising Ikeja Electric’s transformers
The Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ejigbo has sentenced two persons for vandalising transformers belonging to Ikeja Electric. This was…
Court remanded protesters two weeks imprisonment in Jigawa
Jigawa State magistrate court sitting in Dutse on Friday ordered the remand of protesters for two weeks in person. Magistrate…
Kwara: Court restricts nationwide hunger protest to Ilorin metropolitan square
A few hours to the August 1-10, 2024, nationwide hunger protests in the country, a Kwara State High Court has…
BREAKING: Court restricts protesters in Abuja to National Stadium
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has restricted participants in the August 1 hunger protest against the federal…
Abuja court fixes August 5 to hear suit against Arik Aircrafts seizure
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Wednesday fixed August 5, for a hearing in a suit…
Court orders INEC not to release voter register to Kwara for LG elections
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing the National Voter Register…
Delta court sentences man to 16-year jail term for arson
A Delta State High Court has convicted and sentenced a man to 16 years imprisonment over a conspiracy to commit…
Abuja Firm queries House of Reps’ power to probe cases pending in court
The House of Representatives has been asked to desist from further initiating investigation into cases already pending before the court…
Teenager allegedly steals phone inside mosque, faces prosecution
The Police on Friday arraigned a 19-year-old man, Karim Sodiq, before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing a…
Court remands 5 over unlawful possession of firearms
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday remanded five men in a correctional facility over alleged possession…
Court remands three over alleged attempt to kidnap
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Thursday remanded three suspects, Sheu Babuga, 20, Bunbe Densi and Sanda Ali, 19, in…
Court jails man for spraying naira notes
Justice M. A. Oyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, has convicted one Etiusen…
Court jails carpenter 18 months for burgling restaurant
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old carpenter, Oryiman Terkimbi, to 18 months in prison for burgling a…
Court remands pastor for defiling minor, procuring abortion
An Akure Magistrates’ Family Court has remanded a 55-year-old pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church and school principal, Mr…
Court orders, INEC, security agencies not to stop conduct of Ward, LG, state congresses of Rivers PDP
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Department of State Service (DSS), Police, Independent…
Court remands Rivers monarch for cybercrime
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded His Royal Highness, Eze Cyprian Amadi-Worenwu, the Eze Risi Ohia-Emeri…
Edo guber: Shaibu loses as Appeal Court re-affirms Ighodalo as PDP candidate
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja presided over Justice A. M. Lamido, has reaffirmed the nomination of Asue Ighodalo…
Court bars INEC, PDP from recognising Ebonyi caretaker committee
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakiliki has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) from recognizing the Steve Oruruo-led Ebonyi…
Again, court dismisses Abacha family’s N500m suit against Nigerian govt over Abuja property
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted against the federal government by the family of the…
Nnamdi Kanu heads to Appeal Court to restore revoked bail
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged the Appeal Court to set aside the…
Court orders Nigerian Army to pay N800 million for killing BIRS staff in Benue
A Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi, Thursday, awarded the sum of N800 million against the Nigerian Army and…
High court grants bail to suspected killer of Koro monarch in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu on…
Court fixes date to deliver ruling on legal representation for PDP in Rivers
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has scheduled August 21, 2024, to deliver a ruling on legal representation…
Court jails businessman 18 months for stealing motorcycle
A Jos Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, sentenced a 35-year old businessman, Rabiu Jibril, in a correctional centre for conspiring and…
Rivers royal family drags oil company to court over land dispute
Members of the Agwolo-Ochoeke Royal Family of Ogbele community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State have taken…
Binance executive: Court issues bench warrant against Kuje prison medical doctor
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Dr Abraham Ehizojie, the Medical…
Court declines Emefiele’s request for UK medical trip
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT in Maitama, has declined an application by former Governor of the…
Court dismisses application to vacate forfeiture order in N96m contract fraud case
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application to vacate a final forfeiture order granted to the…
Court shifts trial of Ali Bello to July 16 for continuation of witness evidence
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited 134 election observer groups for the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections.…
Man in court over alleged abduction of 22-year-old girl
Police on Monday arraigned one Eric Chisom in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly abducting a 22-year-old girl. The defendant,…
BREAKING: Court perpetually restrains Bayero, 4 others from parading as Emirs
Kano State High Court 17, presided over by Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu, has perpetually restrained Aminu Ado Bayero and four…