A Siberian court has sentenced a 39-year-old man from Zheleznogorsk in the Krasnoyarsk region to three years in prison for defacing 13 posters promoting enlistment in the Russian army. Regional authorities announced on Tuesday that the man was convicted of “discrediting” Russian forces,
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has struck out the bail application of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, citing premature filing as the reason. Justice Maryann ruled on Tuesday that the application, filed on November 22, was invalid as it preceded
A Kano Magistrate Court sitting in the No-man’s-land area of Sabon Gari has ordered the remand of a chemist for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl to death. The chemist identified as Manniru Ibrahim Fanisa, is accused of raping the deceased, Rumaisa Sadiq, when
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has extended the order restricting the ongoing hunger protest against the federal government to the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The extension, granted on Tuesday, followed an application by Senior Advocate
An Imo State High Court presided over by Justice T.N. Nzeukwu has sentenced a pastor to eight years imprisonment for raping the wife of his church member. Pastor Desmond Eke, founder of Deliverance Ministry of the Good Shepherd, Umuihita Avu, Owerri West LGA
Justices A. Isiaka and A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna have convicted and sentenced the quartet of Bilbert Sabo, Joy Righteous, Godwill Dikko and Ransom Joash Destiny to various jail terms for internet fraud. They were arrested and
An Area Court in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, on Wednesday, dissolved a 25-year-old marriage between one Ramat Ibrahim and her estranged husband, Ibrahim Ayinla, on account of lack of love. The Presiding Judge, Hammad Ajumonbi while delivering judgment, said the statement by the petitioner, Ramat,
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday reserved judgment in a suit filed against a surgeon, Anuoluwapo Adepoju, who is standing trial over alleged failed buttocks enlargement surgery. Adepoju was dragged to court by the Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Commission (FCCPC).
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, in a correctional centre for allegedly stabbing her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, to death. The defendant, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano, is standing trial on
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has remanded two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for allegedly plotting and killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate