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Lawyers recount experiences as courts resume after 10 weeks
Courts in the country resumed sitting after months of strike embarked upon by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria. Recall that JUSUN members had embarked...
Spanish man bags 15 years for killing, eating mum
A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 15 years and five months in prison after finding him guilty of strangling his mother and then eating her. The...
JUST IN: Court sacks PDP EXCO
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja has sacked the state and Local Government Executive Councils (EXCOs) of the Peoples...
Police officer pleads guilty to raping woman
A police officer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping of 33-year-old Sarah Everard. Everard, who disappeared while walking home in South...
Courts, State Assemblies to resume next week — FG
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that courts and state houses of assemblies may reopen next week after another meeting with...
Man shoots woman, himself at court in northern
A man shot a woman and then himself on the grounds of the district court of the northern German city of Celle, a police spokeswoman told DPA. The...
Lagos adds 206 convicts to Sexual Offenders Register
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has added the details of 206 persons convicted of sexual offences between April 2020 and April 2021 to the Lagos State...
Court rules chief justice’s tenure extension is invalid
Zimbabwe’s High Court dealt a blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ruling his decision to extend Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure by five years was...
Baba Ijesha: Iyabo Ojo sues Yomi Fabiyi for defamation, demands N100M
Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has taken legal action against her colleague, Yomi Fabiyi, and has demanded N100m as payment for damages caused by his...
UTME: JAMB parades 50-year-old, one other over impersonation
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Friday, paraded a 50-year old man arrested over impersonation in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation...
Driver, 39, in court for alleged N14m car theft
The Police on Friday arraigned a 39-year-old driver, Moses Ogah, in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a Mitsubishi pickup valued...
Ologbo killings: Court adjourns till May 26
A Benin High Court on Wednesday adjourned until May 26 the case against Austin Olokor for the alleged murder of two locals, Okhuoimose Omorodion and Genesis Orji....
Trader in court for allegedly receiving stolen church drum
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a trader, Abba Shekarau in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly receiving stolen drum, belonging to a church. ...
Boat accident: Court orders driver to enter defence
Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court has ordered the driver of a boat, Happiness Elebiju, who allegedly killed 13 passengers in a boat mishap that...
Court sentences Badagry prince to three years imprisonment
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a Badagry Prince, Semasa James to three years imprisonment for uttering documents to...
Courts shouldn’t determine election winners – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated the judiciary should not be allowed to select election winners. He insisted the ballot papers should be the sole...
Daughter sues doctor as dad dies post – surgery
• Your allegations are false and misleading, son counters Two children of a man who died after a surgery have expressed different opinion about the cause of their...
Four women remanded in Niger
A woman Amina Aliyu who allegedly killed her rival, Fatima Aliyu, has been remanded in a correctional centre in Minna, the Niger State capital. Three other were...
Courts shut as workers join nationwide strike action
Courts in Plateau State were under locks as judiciary workers in the State join the nationwide industrial action by their union in pursuance to their agelong...
Badore Chieftaincy tussle: Court orders parties to maintain status quo
A Lagos High Court has ordered parties in the chieftaincy tussle of Badore community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State to maintain the status quo...
