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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday remanded a 70-year-old man, Micheal Afolabi, in Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. Chief…

A Philippine court has sentenced 17 members of an Islamic State-linked militant group to life in prison for their involvement in the 2000 kidnapping of foreign and Filipino nationals from a…

A Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday remanded a 35-year-old man, Charles Chinonso in Awarjigoh Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Chief…

A Bangladesh court has issued arrest warrants for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 of her aides, accusing them of “crimes against humanity.” The charges stem from a violent…

A Moscow court fined Telegram Messager four million rubles (41,400 U.S. dollars) for refusing to delete information banned in Russia, the court press service said. Telegram was found…

Two men–Jonathan Ojo and Friday Sabin-, alleged to have been in unlawful possession of a gun, were on Tuesday brought before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan. Ojo, 24 and Sabini,…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has elected Justice Ricardo Gonçalves of Cape Verde as its new President, alongside Justice Sengu Koroma of Sierra Leone as Vice President. Both will serve a…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, has sentenced 33-year-old Nasiru Isa to seven years in the correctional centre for sexually exploiting an 11-year old girl. The Presiding…

Justice Deinde Dipeolu ruled that interested parties could approach the Court of Appeal, but only after a decision has been made by the trial court. In this instance, the court had yet…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday ordered a man, Nonso Ekeocha, to undergo 50 hours community service for internet love scam. The presiding judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe,…