Tag: court
Ekiti govt: No Sharia Court in our state
The Ekiti State Government has denied the establishment of a Sharia Court or an Independent Sharia Arbitration Panel in the state.
The Ekiti State Attorney...
Court convicts lovers for adultery
Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, has remanded two lovers, Mohammed Nazifi and Bilkisu Ibrahim in the Suleja Correctional Centre, pending sentencing on January 29, after they...
Student jailed for stealing home theatre, clothes
An Area Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, has sentenced a student, Weng Pam, to six months imprisonment, for stealing home theatre...
Court orders Mercy Chinwo’s manager’s arrest over $345,000 fraud
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday, January 16, 2025, granted a warrant of arrest against Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the manager of popular...
ICPC drags Jimi Lawal, 3 others to court over money laundering
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a five-count charge against Jimi Lawal, a former aide to ex-Kaduna State...
74-year-old man sent to prison for raping 8-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in the Kafanchan area of Kaduna State has remanded a 74-year-old man, Samson Goje, in a correctional centre for defiling...
2 govt workers in court for N12m job racketeering
The trial of two ministries' staff, Joy Ndubuisi Chineme, a staff member of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, and Godwin Tabo Sakat...
Ibadan stampede: Court grants ex-Queen Naomi, others N10m bail
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted a former wife of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, and two...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to stop hush money sentencing
The United States Supreme Court, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush...
Vietnam court jails lawyer over Facebook posts criticising judge
A court in Vietnam, on Friday, January 10, 2025, sentenced a prominent lawyer to three years in jail over Facebook posts it ruled undermined...
