Tag: Court
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Court orders release of 313 suspected terrorists nabbed by military
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said a Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military. Addressing journalists in Abuja on the military operations, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Buba Edward, said the court ordered their release for lack of evidence…
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Man bags life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s daughter
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Ugochukwu Onuoha, to life imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old minor, his neighbour’s daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution had established beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement against Onuoha.
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Court sentences Chinese national to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian girlfriend
A Kano High Court sitting on Tuesday, sentenced a Chinese National, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide.
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Lagos govt arraigns 2 medical doctors for manslaughter
The Lagos State Government on Monday arraigned two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, before an Ikeja High Court, over alleged involuntary manslaughter of a patient, Ejiro Ugorobi.
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APC urges withdrawal of all court cases
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed its members to withdraw all court cases within seven days or face suspension.
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Man sentenced to death by hanging for killing wife’s lover
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old Ayodeji Alomoge to death by hanging for killing his wife’s lover.
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Brazilian court confirms prison term for Robinho
Former football star Robson de Souza known as Robinho must serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape in Brazil, a Brazilian high court ruled. The ex-AC Milan winger was sentenced by an Italian court in 2017 to nine years in jail for taking
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Court dismisses suit seeking to stop conduct of exams, polls on Saturdays
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed as frivolous, a suit that sought to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from conducting elections on Saturdays. The suit was brought before the court by a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Mr Ugochukwu Uchenwa. Uchenwa, who is an elder of the church,…
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How BDC operator allegedly defrauded me of $63,950 – Man tells court
A businessman, Mr Chinedu Igbokwe, on Tuesday, told an Ikeja Special Court how a Bureau de Change operator, Abdulami Isah, allegedly defrauded him of $63,950. Igbokwe, who was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes
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ICPC lawyer not qualified to practice, Suspended UNICAL professor tells court
Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that Osuobeni Akponimisingha, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission