Girl,16 allegedly married to mentally derailed man, rescued in Anambra
A 16-year-old girl from Ihiala in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Miss Chinwe, who was married off by…
Court remands student in prison for alleged trespass, rape
A Gombe Chief Magistrates’ Court III, on Wednesday, remanded 18- year-old student, Usman Shehum of Bypass quarters, Gombe, for alleged…
Man, wife in court over alleged theft of motor spare parts
A couple, Okechukwu Anaka and Chinwe Anaka, were on Tuesday arraigned at an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court over an alleged theft…
We partnered with FBI to secure conviction of online fraudster ― EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of America to secure the…
Businesswoman in court over alleged N4.5m oil fraud
A businesswoman, Clara Mbazue, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining…
Mechanic, 45, docked over illegal marriage with house wife
A 45-year-old auto mechanic, Olakunle Oladejo, on Friday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ondo State, over alleged illegal…
Forgery: Court remands woman in prison, grants 3 persons bail
FCT High Court, Kubwa, on Thursday ordered the remand of one Victoria Adelana in prison and granted three other people…
Controversy surrounding selection of new Emir of Lafia
THREE Ruling Houses (non gazetted) in the Lafia emirate council, decried of being alienated from the selection process of new …
Court remands 2 persons at Federal Prisons Makurdi over robbery, homicide, conspiracy
A Makurdi Magistrates' court on Wednesday remanded two persons, Abum Torgever and Friday Akerior, of different addresses over alleged criminal…
Man in court over alleged jewelry theft worth N150,000
A 44-year-old man, Aderanti Akinola, on Wednesday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing jewellery worth N150,000. The…
Woman, 38 sentenced to 25 years in prison over N4.5m theft in Osun
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old woman, identified as Toyin Raheem to 25…
Court dissolves 2 year-old marriage over lack of care
A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna on Wednesday dissolved the two-year-old marriage between Khadija Lawal and her…
One feared dead as Customs, smugglers clash in Owode, Ogun
Pandemonium was let loose on Tuesday in Owode, Ogun State when irate youths marched on formations of the Nigerian Customs…
EFCC arrests 6 suspected internet fraudsters
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in separate raids carried out…
Sex worker docked over alleged N80,000 theft
An Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday granted bail of N50, 000 to a sex worker, Favour Eze, accused of…
Ondo Police arrest two security guards over missing underwear of clergy’s daughter
TWO Church security guards were on Wednesday, arrested by the men of the Ondo state police command over the disappearance…
Barman, 25, bags 6 months imprisonment for stealing employer’s N165,000
AN Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old bar attendant, Semiu Alabi, to six months in prison…
Lack of understanding, major cause of divorce ― Lawyer
AN Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Suleiman Isiaka, has identified a lack of understanding among couples as the major cause of…
50-year-old man bags 2 months imprisonment for stealing 15 goats
AN Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced one 50-year-old Isiaka Ayegbusi to two months imprisonment for stealing 15…
Court remands 2 fake IBEDC staff over alleged culpable homicide
AN Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded two fake Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) staff, Adeleke Benjamin and Adedeji Solomon,…
