Tag: Court
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Convicted Lagos Bishop sentenced to life imprisonment for raping assistant pastor
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday sentenced a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year old assistant (name withheld).
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Drama in court as lawyer tackles judge for adjourning suspended UNICAL professor’s bail plea
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, after Justice James Omotosho adjourned the hearing of a bail application of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), until Jan. 31. The adjournment followed counsel for the prosecution, Osuobeni Akponimisingha’s objection
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My wife gets too involved in church activities – Man tells court
Mr Aku Bakari a public servant on Friday dragged his wife, Mary, before a Customary Court in Nyanya, for allegedly getting too involved in church activities. The petitioner, who resides in Nyanya Abuja, in his divorce petition accused his wife of abandoning her duties as a wife and mother.
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BREAKING: Lagos pastor, found guilty, convicted of raping assistant
A pastor based in Lagos State, known as Oluwafeyiropo Daniels has been convicted by a court in the State.
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BREAKING: Supreme court affirms ex-lawmaker’s jail term over $500,000 bribe
An appeal by a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan,against the judgement of the lower court which imprisoned him, was dismissed by the supreme court on Friday. A Federal Capital Territory High Court had sentenced Lawan to seven years imprisonment for receiving a
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5 vigilante members sentenced to death by hanging for killing teenager
A Kano State High Court on Thursday in Kano sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa, 17, to death.
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Court sentences 5 vigilante members to death by hanging
A Kano State High Court on Thursday in Kano sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa, 17, to death. The convicts: Korau Sani, Elisha Ayuba, Irimiya Timothy, Auwalu Jafar, and Mustafa Haladu, attached to the Sani Abacha Youth
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Court remands 5 suspected arsonists of Rivers’ assembly in prison
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered that the five suspected persons arraigned for allegedly burning the Rivers House of Assembly on Oct. 29, 2023, be remanded in a correctional centre. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon gave the order following their arraignment on seven-count charge bordering on terrorism.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Fubara as Rivers State Governor
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit.
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Court restrains IG, DSS from withdrawing security details attached to Rivers lawmakers
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Inspector-General (IG) of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) from withdrawing the security details attached to the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers House of Assembly. Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order in a ruling on a motion on notice…