Judiciary

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the suit by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on ground of their alleged defection…

A 33-year-old man, Femi Olalekan, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan over allegations of land grabbing and theft. Olalekan, whose residential…

A 45-year-old man, Adeniran Gbadebo, was arraigned on Tuesday before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over allegations of defrauding a man of ₦8.5 million under the guise of procuring an…

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Olajide Fajana, to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, while…

The police on Thursday arraigned a 42-year-old man, Ogundare Anuoluwapo in Ado-Ekiti for sexually harassing his neighbour’s wife. Anuoluwapo, whose address was not provided, was charged…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday dismissed the application filed by the embattled ex-Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022, to…

A Delta State High Court sitting at Akwukwu-igbo, on Friday sentenced one Obinna Eze to death by hanging for killing a six-month-old child. Eze was charged with three counts of attempted…

A 28-year-old man, Matthew Francis, was arraigned on Thursday before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court over allegations of stealing four solar panels valued at N650,000. The police accused…

The Supreme Court, on Monday, awarded a N5 million fine against Mr Ambrose Owuru, a former presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, for filing a suit described as “frivolous…