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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...

How Ondo Amotekun caught me killing bike rider – Suspect

  The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps has arrested a man identified as Sunday Ayenitaju, for killing a commercial motorcyclist. The...

‘How desperation pushed me to steal my neighbour’s baby’

  It was a tragedy Mrs Sewuese Ahumbe did not see coming. Neither did she think it was one that could befall her in her fruitless search for a baby she could call...

Man jailed for defiling nine-year-old girl

  The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Daniel George, to three years’ imprisonment for...

Obaro Stool: Oba Owoniyi heads to Supreme Court

  The Obaro of Kabba, Oba Solomon Owoniyi has stated his desire to head to the Supreme Court following the judgment of the Court of Appeal that grant power to the...

Police arrest fake lawyer in Ogun

  Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 50-year-old man, Azeez Agboola, for unlawfully parading himself as a legal practitioner in the state. The...

Three get 21 years for armed robbery

  An Ikeja High Court, Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced three armed robbers, Sheriff Emiloju; Aanu Moses and Farouq Atolagbe to 21 years imprisonment. Justice...

N11m fraud: Appeal Court grants Celestial Church pastor ‘Genesis’ post-conviction bail

  The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld application for post-conviction bail by the Head of Genesis Parish of Celestial Church of Christ, Evangelist...

Man beats wife to death over breakfast argument

  A man who allegedly beat his wife to death following a breakfast misunderstanding has been taken into police custody in Niger State. Lawal Danladi, 20, reportedly...

Court remands man for allegedly robbing policeman of I.D. card

  An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a 39-year-old man, Clement Chidi in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly robbing a policeman. The...

Three Yahoo boys jailed in Lagos

  Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday jailed two internet fraudsters to a total of seven months imprisonment for N800,000 internet...

Islamic Council attacks CAN on hijab, Appeal Court Justices

  The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) yesterday attacked  the   Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)  for opposing  the nomination of ...

Police arrest carpenter for accusing Fani-Kayode of rights abuse

  The FCT police command has arrested Azubuike Osakwe, a carpenter who once worked with a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Osakwe, it was learnt, was...

Woman remanded for theft days after giving birth

  Nationnewslead reports that Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo on Monday ordered that a 21-year-old nursing mother, Janet Ismail, be remanded in...

Police arraign 33-year old man for alleged N180,000 food fraud

  Nationnewslead reports that A 33-year-old man, Sulaimon Oshinowo, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N180,000 on the pretext of shipping foodstuff to Chicago, on...

Man, 40, docked for alleged car robbery

  A 40-year-old man, Ikenna Chukwu, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly robbing a man of his Lexus Jeep, phone and...