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Battle to stop PDP Presidential primary election shifts to Appeal Court
The legal battle seeking to stop the conduct of the Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted to the Court of Appeal in Abuja. A...
Nnamdi Kanu Appeals Court Judgement Retaining Seven Of 15 Charges Against Him, Alleges Miscarriage Of Justice
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed a recent ruling of the Federal High Court which struck out eight out of the...
Attempted murder: Police accuse Fani-Kayode’s ex-wife of attacking witnesses
The Nigeria Police Force, on Friday, accused Ms. Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, of threatening the lives of...
Akwa Ibom: Court dismisses no-case submission filed by persons accused of stealing First Lady’s cassava
The Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Ini, Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, has overruled the no-case submission filed by three, out of five accused...
Three deposed monarchs dragged to court over alleged banditry activities
Zamfara State government has finally decided to bring charges against three traditional leaders suspected of sponsoring banditry in the state. The three monarchs...
Woman arraigned for allegedly hiring chilgren to steal co-wife’s belonging
A woman in Adamawa State has been arraigned in court for allegedly hiring three children to break into the house of her co-wife and steal her things. The Criminal Area...
Court remands Rivers Governorship aspirant in police custody
A governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Farah Dagogo has been remanded in Police Custody by a Magistrate Court sitting in Port...
Oyo court dissolves eight-year marriage over husband’s nagging
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, dissolved an eight-year marriage between a housewife, Mujidat Rafiu, and her...
Court Declines Bail To Co-defendant Of Disgraced DCP Abba Kyari, Adjourns Case To May 26
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a bail application filed by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bawa James, one of the co-defendants of...
Man rapes 12-year-old stepdaughter
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 29-year-old Ugochukwu Okafor, who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old stepdaughter, be remanded in Kirikiri...
Court remands, man, 28 for raping, impregnating step-sister in Ondo
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo town of Ondo State has remanded a 28-year-old printer, Tolulope Akinyemi, for unlawfully and indecently abusing his 17-year-old...
3 men docked for wandering in black spots in Abuja
Three men were on Wednesday docked in a Grade I Area Court in Karu for allegedly wandering in black spots in Abuja. The police charged Sabo Yusuf, 31; Ismaila...
6 Years After: Court adjourns monarch murder case to June 30
A High Court in Delta State sitting in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Tuesday, adjourned trial in the case of murder of traditional ruler of...
BREAKING: Court orders CCT Chairman, Umar to appear before Senate for alleged misconduct
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar seeking to stop the Senate from...
Court remands man for drugging, kidnapping, raping teenager in Ekiti
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the remand of one Sanfullahi Nasiru (25) in the custody of the Nigerian Correction...
Teenage girl arraigned for beating 85-year-old woman to death
A 15-year-old girl in Adamawa State has confessed to beating an 85-year-old woman to death. The girl, Happy David, allegedly armed herself with a stick,...
Court turns down Amaechi’s request for Thursday’s hearing of contract dispute suit against him
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday refused the request by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for a suit against him to be heard on Thursday or...
My wife is fetish, after my life – Man tells court
A spare parts dealer, Olubunmi Osundeyi, has petitioned a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, to dissolve his 13-year-old marriage to his wife, Funke, on...
Oromoni’s Death: Journalists, Others Asked To Leave Courtroom As Accused Dowen College Students Testify
Journalists and other members of the public have been barred from covering or witnessing the coroner’s inquest into the controversial death of Sylvester...
Timothy Adegoke: Murder case adjourned as defendant collapses
There was confusion inside the Osun State High Court premises on Monday morning as Magdalene Chiefuna, the second defendant in the ongoing Timothy Adegoke murder...
