The Police on Wednesday arraigned Iliyasu Lawal, 28, Nura Iliyasu, 29, and Idris Suleiman 28, in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court FCT for allegedly trespassing the premises of the
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The Police on Wednesday arraigned Iliyasu Lawal, 28, Nura Iliyasu, 29, and Idris Suleiman 28, in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court FCT for allegedly trespassing the premises of the
A pathologist, Dr S.S. Soyele, told an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday that Ronke Shonde, the banker allegedly murdered by her dockworker husband, Lekan Shonde, had suffered severe brain injuries,
A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered a public summon to be published against Sen. Hope Uzodinma, who was accused of issuing a N200 million dud cheque.
Rebecca Sharibu, mother of Leah Sharibu, one of the abducted 110 Dapchi school girls by Boko Haram in Yobe State, who is yet to be released has filed a suit
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja has adjourned the certificate forgery suit against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the ongoing Osun election,
A 28-year-old self-styled prophet, Chiweike Michael, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding a woman of a car valued at N2.5million. According to NAN, the
A customary court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday granted the Secretary of the State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Mojeed Olaoya
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has assured Nigerians that the judiciary will handle disputes arising from the 2019 general elections with fairness. Justice Onnoghen made this declaration
The FCT High Court, Abuja, yesterday adjourned until October 23, the N5bn defamation suit, instituted by Chief Raymond Dokpesi against the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and Attorney-General
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned Bature Umar Masari, a former Director-General of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
The Lagos State Special Offences Court at Gbolade, Oshodi, has convicted 53 persons prosecuted by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) for contravening the Lagos State Urban and Regional
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his willingness to grant posthumous presidential pardon to late Professor Ambrose Alli. Alli was a
The Minister of Communications, Adabayo Shittu, has said that he has no case to answer, for not participating in the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme. He
Two officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mainasara Malami and Emmanuel Salihu, have been arraigned before a Kaduna court for defrauding members of the public of
An Ibadan Customary Court sitting in Mapo Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Thursday struck out a case of infidelity brought against a woman following her death. The petitioner, Marian
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary has assured the state Ministry of Justice of support to address the challenges facing the judicial system in the state. Alhaji