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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, January 29, ordered the remand of a woman, Rejoice John alias Success, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly trafficking three young ladies to Ghana for prostitution.   Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke remanded the defendant, pending the hearing and ruling on her bail application.   In the charge marked FHC /L /829c /24, …

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday, January 29, sentenced four men to d€ath by hanging for conspiracy and kidnapping.   The convicts are Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman.    The presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the four persons guilty of the allegations of conspiracy and kidnapping …

A Shari’a court l sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State has jailed a 19-year-old man, Dahiru Usman, of as@aulting a s3x worker.   According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Usman was found guilty of the crime and sentence’s to one month in a correctional facility.   The Judge, Malam Kabir Muhammad gave the accused an option of N7,000 fine …

The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state.   The state government, in a statement signed by Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, noted that sharia courts cannot be legally constituted by individuals or groups without legal backing.   The government was reacting to a notice announcing the launch …

The Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo state has adjourned the trial of the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; an Ibadan-based broadcaster and Chairman of a radio station, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Abdulahib Fasasi.   The trio are facing four charges related to conspiracy, murder, manslaughter and negligence in connection …

A Kano State High Court has issued an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force from arresting, inviting, harassing, or detaining the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado.   The order was granted following a suit filed by the Attorney General of Kano State, the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, and …

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilesa, Osun State, has ordered a woman, Rhoda Adu, to pay N150,000 to her boyfriend, Olapitan Sola, for failing to honour a promise to visit him.    The dispute arose after Rhoda, who had requested N3,000 for transportation, agreed to visit Sola.    However, she failed to show up on the agreed date, causing significant …

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday vacated an arrest warrant issued against one Ezekiel Onyedikachi, a former manager to Gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. Justice Alexander Owoeye vacated the warrant, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC prosecutor, Mrs Bilikisu Buhari, had approached the court on January 16, to obtain an arrest warrant against …

A man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in Abuja without an option of a fine for cutting off his female friend’s finger after seeing her with one of his friends.   The man, Mas’ud Yusuf, who resides at Dei-Dei market, was arraigned before an Abuja magistrates’ court sitting in Jiwa for causing grievous hurt and assault on his …

A 36-year-old man, Nibras Isah, was on Thursday, January 23, remanded by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly attempting to r3pe his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter.   Isah, who resides at Ungwan Sanusi in Kaduna, is charged with attempted r3pe.   The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of the accused, ordered that he should be kept …