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Again, Court denies Abba Kyari bail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has again refused to admit suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba…
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Magistrate takes into custody a 14-year-old girl impregnated by father
A magistrate in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State has taken into custody a 14-year-old girl who was reportedly raped and…
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Woman sentenced to 2 years imprisonment over indecent dressing
A Rwandan woman who was arrested over indecent dressing has got international attention, as she has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment.…
Politics
Court strikes out suit seeking to nullify Ademola Adeleke’s nomination for Osun guber election
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has struck out a suit seeking nullification of submission of the name of…
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Famous Nigerian wrestler sentenced to death for killing wife
Thank-You Grim, a famous local wrestler in Adamawa State, has been sentenced to death over the murder of his wife. The Adamawa…
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Court sentences Kano man to 6 months imprisonment for stealing goat
A 23-year-old man, Sadiq Miko, has been sentenced to six months imprisonments by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano. Miko was…
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20 year old man rapes friend’s neighbour in Ibadan
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded a 20-year old man, Musa Salimon, at the Agodi Correctional facility for…
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Man gets 5 years imprisonment for killing girlfriend
A man in Adamawa State has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend. 33-year-old Wakil Mohammed, a sacked military officer,…
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Native doctors take CAC to court over refusal to register traditional religious association
The Traditional Religious Practitioners’ Association (TRPA) in Nigeria has taken the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to the Federal High Court in Enugu.…
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Court sentences killer of Hanifa, Kano school girl to death by hanging
A Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar to death by hanging. Justice…
Politics
SERAP drags INEC to court over failure to prosecute vote-buyers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to prosecute those…
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Court orders FG to increase salaries of judicial officers in Nigeria
A National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to review the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria.…
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N266.5m fraud: Fake Army General jailed 7 years for forging Buhari, Obasanjo signatures
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a fake Army General Bolarinwa Abiodun, whose real name is Hassan Ayinde to seven…
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Man gets 2 years imprisonment for stealing tubers of yam, others in Ekiti
Justice Bamidele Omotoso of the Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one John Dashe, 25, to two years imprisonment without option of…
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Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing wife in Jigawa
A High Court in Jigawa State has in its sitting in Dutse, sentenced Shu’aibu Adamu, 28, to death by hanging for killing…
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Court sends Nigerian senator to seven years jail over money laundering
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the Senate, has been given 7 years imprisonment. A Lagos Division…
Politics
Stop imposing politicians on Nigerians – Falana tells Nigerian courts
Femi Falana (SAN), the human rights lawyer, Thursday, sent message of warning to Nigerian courts to “stop imposing politicians on Nigerians”. Falana…
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Nnamdi Kanu reacts to rejection of bail, sends message to South-East
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday, reacted to the judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court led by…
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Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has lost the move to regain freedom. Justice Binta Nyako-led Abuja…
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IPOB directs sit-at-home, Tuesday as Nnamdi Kanu appears in court
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced Tuesday another sit-at-home in the Southeastern part of the country. IPOB said the sit-at-home…