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23-year-old barber allegedly kills father with pistol in Ondo

    An Akure Magistrate’s Court has remanded Victor Akinwa, a 23-year-old barber in the Olokuta Correctional Centre,for allegedly killing his father with a...

Court Orders Nigerian Agency, NDLEA To Allow Disgraced DCP, Abba Kyari Access To Healthcare

    A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Monday, directed the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to allow disgraced Police chief, Abba Kyari,...

Court dismisses suit seeking sack of Ebonyi Gov

    The Abakaliki Division of the Ebonyi State High Court on Monday dismissed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi from the People’s...

Alleged Forgery: How Fani-Kayode Paid N820,000 For Forged Medical Report – Witness Tells Court

    A second witness identified only as Abidat, who is also a medical practitioner, told a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday how...

Man charged with murder after ‘sawing chunk of friend’s leg’

    A suspect has been charged with murder after he allegedly sawed off a chunk of his friend’s leg as part of an ‘arrangement’. John Yalu, 36, is said...

Osun APC primary election: Committee dismisses Adeoti’s appeal

    The Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election appeal committee has dismissed the appeal brought before it by Moshood Adeoti...

Prophetess, another bag 14 years imprisonment for trafficking babies

    A 34-year-old prophetess, Esther Edet Asuquo of Mbikpong Atai in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, and one Blessing Akudo Sunday, a...

Woman sells son N400,000 for Dubai travel, jailed 12 years

    A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced two women, Chinaza Smart, and Amarachi Ahukanna, to 12 years’ imprisonment...

Two people get 12 strokes of cane each for stealing AC units, orthopedic mattresses

    A Gwagwalada Senior Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced Rebecca Danjuma, 25 and Andrew Magdem, 23, to 12 strokes of cane each for stealing nine split...

Evans, 2 others sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping

    Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Friday, sentenced  Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) and two others  Uche Amadi, and...

Teenager gets 12 strokes of cane for receiving stolen phone

    A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday, sentenced a 17-year-old to 12 strokes of the cane for receiving a stolen phone worth N45,000.  ...

Court remands 23-year-old for stealing newborn from Kwara hospital

    A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered that a 23-year-old lady, Nike Owolabi, be remanded in a Federal Correctional Service Centre for allegedly...

Court orders immediate release of IPOB member

    A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu District of Abuja on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police and its Intelligence Response...

Court Grants Bail To Man Arrested By Disgraced DCP Abba-Kyari-led Unit, Awards N5million Against Police Inspector-General

    The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja, Hon. Justice M. Adebayo, on Thursday, ordered the unconditional release of Jude Chuks...

Otedola bribe: Appeal Court dismisses two counts, jails Farouk Lawan five years

    The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, reduced the jail term of a former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, from seven to five...

Court orders interim seizure of Okorocha’s Abuja property

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the nod to seize a property in Abuja that...

Again, Nigerian Secret Police, DSS Deny Lawyers Access To See Nnamdi Kanu

    Operatives of the Department of State Services, on Thursday, refused to grant access to Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers, Nationnewslead was told. This was made...

Nude photos: Court strikes out suit against ex-Imo gov, Ohakim

    Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, struck out a criminal charge filed against a former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim by...

My wife ill-tempered, denies me of sex – Man tells court

    A civil engineer, Nwali Godwin, on Thursday approached an Igando Customary Court to dissolve his marriage to Nsika, alleging that she is ill-tempered and...

Mother demands justice for defiled five-year-old daughter

    A man identified as Bright Ekwueme has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl in Rumuekini in Obio/Akpor Local Government...