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Mystery fire guts High Court, Magistrate Court in Delta
By Ife Osemedua A mystery fire has razed the Delta State High Court and Magistrate…
N1.4bn oil subsidy fraud: Court to rule on admissibility of evidence against Nadabo Energy Feb. 23
Justice C.A. Balogun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on February 16, 2021…
Mechanic in court over alleged assault on a preacher
The Police on Thursday, February 11, 2021, in Lagos arraigned a 30-year-old mechanic, Azeez Semiu, before…
Court jails man 5 years for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capita, on Thursday, February 11, 2021,…
Court orders CBN to unfreeze #EndSARS protesters accounts
By Idris Salisu An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Court sentences trader to 8 months imprisonment for stealing 2 iron doors
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, FCT, on Monday, February 8, 2021, sentenced a 38-year-old…
N900bn fraud: Suit seeking EFCC to probe ex-Gov. Yari thrown out of court
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, February 4, 2021, dismissed a suit…
Man docked for alleged threat on wife’s life
A 60-year-old man, Okechukwu Akunna, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly…
Court sentences fake soldier to 1 month imprisonment
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a 22-year-old man,…
Court sentences artisan to 14 years for attempting to kidnap businessman
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kofar Fada, Zaria, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced an artisan,…
Trader in court for assaulting customer on suspicion of stealing
A trader, Rapheal Ikechukwu, on Wednesday appeared in Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’…
Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s re-election
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed another suit challenging the validity…
Court orders woman to breastfeed baby for 20 months
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Monday ordered one Bilkisu Abdullahi, a nursing mother,…
Court discharges $140,000 fraud charge against Atiku’s son-in-law
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Monday discharged Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice…
Appeal Court nullifies Metuh’s conviction, orders fresh trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the conviction and seven years jail term…
Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s APC candidacy
By Deborah Hassan A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a…
Imo Bye-Election: Court will determine authentic APC candidate – INEC
By Deborah Hassan The legitimate candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North…
Again, court rejects Maina’s plea for adjournment
By Ife Osemedua Another attempt by embattled former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed…
Court sentences 2 men to 24 months imprisonment over phone theft
By Deborah Hassan A 19-year-old cobbler, Umar Mohammed and his 20-year-old driver counterpart, Umar Lawal,…
Pondei, IMC not restrained by any court order – NDDC
By Idris Salisu The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports that an Abuja…
Alleged N1.6bn Oil Fraud: Court adjourns trial of Omokore, others till Feb. 2021
By Ife Osemedua The trial of Jide Omokore, alongside Victor Briggs, former managing director of…
Court fixes date for continuation of Nnamdi Kanu’s trial
A lawyer in a sister case, Mr E. Ejiofor told the court that Kanu’s lawyer had…
Court yet to grant Ndume’s bail application
Justice Okon Abang adjourned for ruling after Ndume’s lawyer, Marcel Oru, argued the bail application, which…
Rep member Dangaladima appears in court over Maina’s son ‘disappearance’
A member of the House of Representatives representing Kaura-Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara State, Sani…
Court to hear Sen. Ndume’s bail application Thursday
By Idris Salisu The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Thursday hear the bail…
Court begins trial of ex-pension reforms head, Maina, in absentia
By Idris Salisu The Justice Okon Abang Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday commenced…
I caught my wife with lover at midnight, civil servant tells court
“My husband and I did not have any problem until five years ago when he married…
Maina: Court orders remand of Sen. Ndume in Kuje prisons
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the senator representing Borno…
Ikeja Magistrate Court remands man for ‘fingering’ minor
The Magistrate, Mrs A.O Ajibade, who did not take the defendant’s plea, referred the case file…