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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,…

A Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yola, Adamawa State on Tuesday ordered that a couple Abubakar Yuguda and Fatima Abubakar should be remanded for allegedly maltreating two minors. …

A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday, remanded two persons: Terfa Moji and Jiminbee Chenge, over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and act of terrorism. The Magistrate, Mrs…

Justice Oriji has discharged and acquitted former Senator Dino Melaye of all charges brought against him, including threats to injure public officers and an attempt to commit suicide. In…

Two herders – Musa Haruna, 25, and Saliu Sanusi, 27, on Friday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged unlawful grazing. The defendants, whose addresses were…

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Damilare Oladele, in the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over alleged murder of his grandmother. The…

A Sharia Court in Tudun Wada Zaria, Kaduna State, on Thursday adjourned the trial of a businessman, Ibrahim Jibril (a.k.a. yellow), suspected of raping his neighbour’s seven-year-old…