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Court remands man over alleged abduction and sexual assault
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, remanded a 25- year-old man, Gabriel Richard, in a Kirikiri Correctional Center for allegedly abducting a teenager for three days and sexual…
Kano Court Sentences Two to Death for Killing University Lecturer During Robbery
A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for the murder of Buhari Imam, a lecturer with the Northwest University,…
Court Adjourns Assault Case Against Rapper Odumodublvck to November 26
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at Life Camp, Abuja, has adjourned the trial of Nigerian rapper, Tochukwu Ojogwu, popularly known as Odumodublvck, in a case of alleged…
Court Adjourns Hearing in Student’s Suit Against UI Over Portal Access Denial
The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has adjourned until October 14 the adoption of written addresses in a suit filed by Kayode Bello, a postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan…
Falana seeks radical judicial reform to serve ordinary Nigerians
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has called for radical judicial reform to make justice accessible to ordinary Nigerians.
Falana made the call on Wednesday while addressing…
Hotel Staff Bags One-Week Jail Term for Stealing N14m Toyota Sienna in Abuja
A Wuse Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has sentenced one Somto Ezeobi to one week imprisonment for stealing a Toyota Sienna belonging to Clover Suites and Apartments.
Magistrate Sadiq Mohammed…
Kidnapping: NBA directs members to avoid 9 Kebbi LGAs
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kebbi Branch, has directed its members to refrain from travelling to nine local government areas identified as kidnapping hotspots in the state.
The…
CJN approves online applications for lawyers seeking “Notary Public” status
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has approved the online applications for lawyers seeking appointment as “Notaries Public” of Nigeria.
The CJN’s approval is a…
Court Orders Nnamdi Kanu to Open Defence in Terrorism Trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a no-case submission filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Delivering a ruling, Justice…
3 people docked for allegedly exhuming 2 corpses
Three people were on Thursday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly exhuming 2 corpses.
The police charged Olakunle Tobun, ‘M’ 63, Adewale…