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A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced five women to two years in prison each for illegally importing 6.96 kilograms of “Ghana loud,” a potent strain of cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana.   The convicted women are Basirat  Olarigbibe (also known as Basirat Feyisara Olaribigbe), Fatima Garuba (aka Fatima Ladidi Abogun), Amudalat Adekunle (aka Amudalat Ajetunmobi), …

Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned for judgment a divorce suit brought before it by one Adewole, against his wife, Oluwabunmi, in which he alleged that her behaviour was intolerable.   Adewole told the court that Oluwabunmi was irresponsible and failed totally in her duties as a wife and mother.   The plaintiff alleged that the …

The pastor of a Pentecostal church in Onipanu, Lagos, Abraham Olaluwoye, has been remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly r3ping a 27-year-old lady (name withheld).   According to punch, the victim said the incident happened on September 16, 2024, when she was called by the cleric to come to the church so he could help her get a job. …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a summons for Adeola Ajayi, Director-General of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), to appear before the court to explain why he should not face imprisonment for contempt.    The summons, signed by the court registrar, mandates Ajayi’s appearance, directing him to “show cause why an order for your committal should not …

A South African woman has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating the m8rder of her husband, Raymond Themba Mathebula.      Mathebula, a teacher, was taken into custody during proceedings at Nkowankowa Magistrate’s Court on Friday, October 25, 2024.      Raymond was discovered dead following an incident involving an unidentified burned body in a vehicle on June 15, 2024, at …

An Ikeja  Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of Jonathan Oludare, 32, charged with def!ling a 16-year-old girl.   Oludare, a resident of Ijora Badia was charged with a one count of def!lement.   The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered his remand in a Correctional facility in Lagos.   Kubeinje  subsequently adjourned …

Seventeen members of an Islamic State-linked militant group have been sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in the kidnapping of foreign and Filipino nationals in Malaysia nearly 25 years ago, the Philippine Department of Justice announced on Monday, October 21.   In April 2000, Islamist extremist group Abu Sayyaf abducted 21 people at gunpoint from a holiday resort on …

An American woman who laughed as she filmed her boyfriend suffocating to death was ‘justified in her actions’, a jury was told.   Sarah Boone appeared on Friday, October 18 at a court in Orlando, Florida charged with the second degree murder of her partner Jorge Torres, who was found dead in a suitcase at their apartment in February 2020. …

The Kwara State Police Command says the three police officers, Abiodun Kayode, Mr James Emmanuel, and Mr Oni Philip, who were recently dismissed over the k!lling of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, have been charged to court.    A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, today October 18, says the dismissed officers …

King Harris, the 19-year-old son of rapper T.I., was arrested this week in Georgia following an encounter with law enforcement.    The incident occurred in Dunwoody on Monday, October 14, when King allegedly nearly collided with a police cruiser while exiting a gas station, prompting the officer to initiate a traffic stop.   Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer reported …