Man bags 2 months imprisonment for stealing phone in Mosque
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Wednesday sentenced a businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, 27, to two months imprisonment for stealing a cell […]
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2 traders bag 2 years imprisonment each for stealing phone
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama. Jos on Friday, sentenced two traders, Ibrahim Musa and Yusuf Aliyu. The police charged Musa and Aliyu […]
Woman prays court to grant her custody of 2 children
A 30-year-old mother, Ismuha Ahmed, on Friday prayed a Shari’a court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, to grant her custody of her two male […]
Man prays court recover his grandfather’s house from tenants
A businessman, Ghali Jafaru, on Wednesday prayed a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna to help him recover his grandfather’s house from a tenant, […]
Woman bags 6 months imprisonment for burning ex-husband’s new wife’s house
A Sharia Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old woman, Zainab Ibrahim to six months imprisonment for burning her former husband’s new […]
Court remands man for allegedly stealing N4,000
A Sharia Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday remanded a20-year-old man, Sani Bala in the correctional centre for allegedly stealing N4,000 from one Akilu Abdullahi. […]
Alleged misconduct: Imo judicial service commission dismisses 1 magistrate
The Imo Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed Magistrate G.C. Okoli over alleged misconduct.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the notice of the […]
Man jailed 6 months for threatening business partner’s life
A Wuse Zone Six Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old businessman, Mahmud Suleiman, to six months’ imprisonment for threatening his business […]
Court dismisses case against CBN’s directives on bank charges
The Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital, has dismissed a suit instituted by a legal practitioner, Olumide Babalola, challenging the Central Bank […]
Interrogating Gov. Obiano’s #EndSARS Passions
By Chima Christian Anambra’s Gov. Willie Obiano has a lot of virtues, forthrightness, it appears, is not one of them. His government’s handling of the […]
Global anti-corruption groups ask Buhari to release panel report on Magu
President Mohammadu Buhari has been asked to release the report of the judicial panel on former Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) […]
#ENDSARS: Why proceedings are slow in Enugu Panel-Chairman
The Chairman of the Panel on Police Brutality and Extrajudicial Killing in Enugu State, Justice Kingsley Udeh Rtd. says the slow pace […]
The Sunday Igboho I Knew, By Babafemi Ojudu
It was in 2009. The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in a number of polling units in the election between Segun […]
#EndSARS: Oyo judicial panel concludes preliminary analysis of complaints
…to begin public sitting next week Tuesday The 12-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to look into […]
Assault on FRSC personnel: Benin Magistrate sends tricycle rider to jail
A Magistrate Court sitting in Benin city, Edo State has on Monday, 11 January, 2021, sentenced Mr Adeshina Adeyemo, a tricycle operator that assaulted […]
#EndSars: NHRC panel postpones sitting indefinitely
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) independent investigative panel on the violations of human rights by the defunct Special Anti-Robbed Squad (SARS) has postponed sitting […]
Issa Aremu: 60 hearty cheers to a global citizen!
By Abdulrazaq Magaji Growing up in his native Ilorin, capital of Kwara state in the late 60s and early 70s, Comrade (Alhaji) Issa Obalowu Aremu, […]
Family seeks release of son’s corpse, demands N50m compensation
The Family of late Mr Godstime Akugbo allegedly killed by the police, on Tuesday, pleaded with the Rivers Judicial Commission of Inquiry to prevail on […]
Shell dismisses purported takeover of Kidney Island asset
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port […]
How Atiku’s lawyer laundered $2m through security guard – EFCC witness
(EFCC Press Release) The ongoing trial of Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, continued on Monday, December 21, […]
Alleged N2.5bn fraud: You have a case to answer, Appeal Court tells Kawu, others
(ICPC press release) The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the appeal filed by the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), […]
Delta panel of inquiry holds inaugural sitting in Warri
The Delta State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-Judicial Kiliings constituted by the state government on Monday has held its inaugural sitting […]
Reps Committee adjourns sitting as Minister, NNPC GMD fail to appear
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Upstream/ Downstream), and Gas Resources on Monday adjourned sitting following the failure of the State Minister for Petroleum, […]
We await youth reps to begin sitting – Lagos Judicial Panel on #EndSARS
Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Related Abuses in Lagos State, on Monday said that it was […]
Court restrains panel of inquiry set up by Ugwuanyi from sitting
A High Court on Tuesday restrained the Administrative Panel of Inquiry setup by the State government to look into the land dispute in Ugwuaji community, Enugu […]