Court

Gunmen desecrate temple of justice in Imo State, shoot dead sitting judge

Ceaseless gory violence and bloodletting sweeping Imo State and other parts of Southeast Nigeria took another turn for the worse as a judge...

Contempt: IGP files motion to set aside proceedings, order committing him to prison

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, has approached the court to set aside the contempt proceedings and order committing him to...

Murder by lethal injection: Guilt-racked 82-year-old monarch with 12 wives, 60 children keeps a date with hangman

The aphorism that “the law is no respecter of persons and will bring good or evil to any, according to his use or...

Temple of justice desecrated as thugs invade court, hurl stones at judge

Pandemonium and disorder reigned in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, when scores of people believed to be thugs invaded a court room and hurled stones...

Petrol gift at Lagos party: Socialite, Chindinma Pearl, bags 27 months in jail

For doling out Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) as souvenir at her installation party, Lagos socialite, Ms Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl, is to cool her...

Poisonous salt in circulation in Lagos, two businesswomen nabbed

  Two businesswomen, who allegedly repackaged industrial salt for human consumption, have been hauled up before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused,...

2023 Presidency: Hurdle cleared for Atiku as court dismisses suit challenging his Nigerian citizenship, eligibility

    The coast is now clear for former Vice- President Atiku Abubakar to contest the presidential poll in 2023 as a Federal...

Couple bags three years in jail for starving, incarcerating 12-year-old niece in fridge for eight months

Emmanuel Bassey and his wife, Esther, have been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Sokoto Magistrates’ Court for starving and confining their...

UK Court to 64-year-old Nigerian serial rapist: You are guilty as charged

  Guilt-racked 64 year-old Nigerian and serial rapist, Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, is to spend 18 years behind the bars, a United Kingdom court...

INEC Returning Officer, Professor Ogban is guilty as charged, bags 36 months for rigging

  “If I lose my source of income, it means all of my dependents I have mentioned will suffer, especially the condition of...

Chaos In Owerri As Police Arrest Former Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha, aides

  By Boye Ajayi Operatives of the Imo State police command have arrested a former governor of the state, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, reports...

Sexagenarian hubby, wife caught dismembering interred corpse, faces trial

  A couple who allegedly dug up a corpse and dismembered it with others still on the run, is facing trial in Osun...

EFCC suspect forges own death certificate to escape justice, beaten to his game

    A man, who announced his own death and forged death certificate to escape justice, has been beaten to his own game by...

Kogi monarch, 10 others to cool their heels in prison over alleged culpable homicide

A 69-year-old traditional ruler in Adavi Local Government, Asema Uka (Otumi-Ajoko) of Kogi State, Momoh Nasir and 10 others have been remanded in...

Carrot thief banished from circulation for two years

Guilt-racked carrot thief is to spend the next 24 months behind the bars, a court ruled on Thursday. The 25-year-old trader, Abba Arando,...

Alleged filling station robber, 22-year-old Agbaje, behind bars in Osun

By Boye Ajayi For allegedly robbing a petrol station manager of N1.2 million at gun-point, a 22-year-old, Tunde Agbaje, is to spend the...