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Rape: Baba Ijesha denies confessional statement

    Nollywood actor, James Olanrewaju also known as Baba Ijesha on Friday denied his confessional statement  in the child defilement case brought against him...

Court dismisses suit on $300 million Abacha Loot

    Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit filed against the Attorney-General of the Federation on the monitoring...

Nnamdi Kanu Seeks Focus, Prayers From His Supporters — IPOB Leader’s Lawyer

    Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has asked his followers to remain disciplined despite his travails in the custody of the...

Ogun Assembly orders Nollywood actor’s arrest for parading self as monarch

    THE  Ogun State House of Assembly has ordered security agencies to arrest a Nollywood star, Goriola Hassan, for allegedly parading himself as the...

Two secondary school students remanded for alleged gang rape

      Two student of Okporo Secondary School, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers state, have been remanded by a Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt...

Man arraigned for alleged theft of N38m containers

    A 41-year-old employee, Matthew Animashaun, charged with stealing six empty containers valued at N38 million, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja...

Police begin probe as hoodlums burn Imo court

    The Imo State Police Command has begun investigation into the burning of a Magistrate’s court in Ubulu in the Oru West Local Government Area of Imo...

Woman, others jailed 141 years for trafficking cocaine, cannabis

    A 25-year-old lady, Chioma Okocha, and five men have been sentenced to a total of 141 years’ imprisonment for trafficking in cocaine and cannabis sativa....

Man in court for allegedly defrauding 2 accommodation seekers

    A 39-year-old man, Lukman Lateef, on Tuesday appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding two accommodation seekers...

Woman, 37, docked for alleged N1.5m theft

    A 37-year-old woman, Tosin Fadoju, on Tuesday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing N1,501,500. Fadoju,...

Court remands Oyo park managers for alleged murder of motorcyclist

    An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded two brothers, Sodiq Hamzat, 22, and Taoreed Hamzat, 22, for allegedly beating a...

Businessman drags friend to court over alleged sale of land, seeks refund

    A businessman, Shehu Adamu, on Monday, dragged his friend, Yakubu Shuaib, to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for allegedly selling...

Court adjourns money laundering trial of ex-Lagos Speaker, Ikuforiji

    A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday adjourned the trial of a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, for N338.8 million...

N924m Debt: Court orders Kanu to pay N30,000 fine for stalling proceedings

    Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday, ordered former Nigeria international football player, Kanu Nwankwo, and his...

Man docked for allegedly stabbing another on stomach

    A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Seun Akindumade, who allegedly stabbed a man on the stomach....

Court sentences popular Pastor to life imprisonment for raping, impregnating 14-year-old orphan

Justice Aniele, a 39- year- old pastor with Assemblies of God Church in Rivers has been handed life sentence after he was found guilty of engaging in unlawful sexual...

NSCDC parades man who allegedly swindled businesswoman of N800,000 while in Ogun prison

    The Ogun State command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded a suspect, Francis Adekunle,  who allegedly swindled a 32-year-...

NAFDAC arraigns businessman for alleged importation of 100g fake Tramadol

    A 43-year-old businessman, Afamefuna Udensi, on Wednesday, appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos, on alleged importation of fake Tramadol drug. The...

Man to die by hanging for killing police officer

    An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced Abdulsalam Adinoyi (35) to death by hanging.   In his judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said ‘’ I...

3 clerics re-arraigned for alleged rape, abuse of corpses in Lagos

      Three clerics were on Wednesday re-arraigned in an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court by the Lagos State Government on an eight-count...