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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...
I’ve forgiven those behind my 11-year court trial – Gbenga Daniel
A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Sunday, declared that he has forgiven those behind his trial which lasted 11 years. ...
NIN-SIM link: Buhari dragged to court over blocked lines
President Muhammadu Buhari has been sued for blocking persons yet to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The...
2023: APC targets Enugu, Abia, urges withdrawal of court cases
SEARCH Daily Post Nigeria The All Progressives Congress, APC, has set eyes on Abia, Anambra and Enugu States ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party currently...
Court sacks Yakubu Dogara from House of Reps
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been sacked. An Abuja Federal High Court declared Dogara’s seat in the Green Chamber vacant....
Trader jailed 6 months for receiving stolen phone
An Upper Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Paul Yilkom, to six months imprisonment for receiving a stolen phone The judge...
Court frees Imo woman allegedly detained by IRT operatives
Mrs Maria Ezediaro, from Imo state, who was arrested in February 2021, in Owerri, by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, led by the...
Ogun ex-deputy gov arraigned over retiree’s C of O
A former Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Segun Adesegun, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate court in Lagos for allegedly possessing a...
Housewife, lover arraigned over adultery
The Police Command in Benue, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged...
Nigerian Court Frees Woman Detained By Suspended ‘Supercop’, Abba Kyari-led Police Unit Since February 2021, Awards Damages
Maria Ezediaro, a Nigerian woman who was arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), under suspended and disgraced police chief, Abba...
