Tag Archives: arraigned

A Nairobi woman appeared in court for allegedly attempting to stab her house girl with a knife while accusing her of having an affair with her husband.    Leyla Abdikadir is facing charges of attempting to strike with the intention to cause grievous harm in contravention of section 231 (b) …

The Ondo State Police have arraigned a 33-year-old man, Olulayo Moroloye, before an Akure Magistrate Court, over an alleged attempt to kill his brother, Daniel Moroloye, with a cutlass.   The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for attempted murder and assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.   …

A Nigerian man, Adeyefa Adedamola Adetoye, accused of human trafficking, appeared in the Kimberley District Court, Northern Cape Province, in South Africa on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.    Adetoye, 38, was arrested after an intelligence-driven multi-disciplinary operation by the Hawks and other police units on Sunday, October 15, led them …

The police, on Tuesday, October 10, arraigned a 20-year-old man, Adeleke Temitope, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl.   The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of unlawful abduction, the charge he denied.    But the prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, …

A 30-year-old Kenyan woman accused of beating and issuing death threats to her mother has been charged with threatening to kill contrary to section 223 (1) of the Penal Code.   Ann Wambui is accused of threatening to kill her mother, Jane Muthoni, at her house in Ruai, Nairobi, on September …

The police on Tuesday, October 10, arraigned a 43-year-old teacher, David Yusuf, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of the Government Girls College, Kuje, FCT.   The defendant, who is said to be a casual staff member of the college, is charged …

A fast-rising Nigerian actress, Obikoya Funke, who was wrongly arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command, for participating in the #JusticeForMohbad rally in September and thereafter charged with a felony, has cried out over the unfair treatment. Recall that following the death of Afrobeat star, MohBad, …

A Kenyan businessman who allegedly beat up his wife and destroyed her mobile phone after she confronted him for using her car to drive another woman around, was charged with assaulting malicious damage to property.   Mr Polycarp Omondi was charged with unlawfully assaulting and causing actual bodily harm to …

A 25-year-old Kenyan woman who allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s house on fire, destroying property worth Sh120,000, has been charged with arson.    Patience Cherotich is accused of setting fire to the house located at TRM Drive in Kasarani, Nairobi on August 10, 2023.    “On the 10th day of August, …

A 35-year-old woman identified as Chinose Esiaka, has been dragged before Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ikoyi Custodial Center, for allegedly threatening to kill and kidnap three minors who are between the ages of three and nine.   Esiaka is facing four counts of threat to kill, publication of pictures …