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An Ikeja Magistrate court on Thursday, April 6, ordered that a 29-year-old man identified as Opara Elisha be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly penetrating the anus of a 9-year-old boy in the Meiran part of Lagos State.   The police arrested the suspect in February 2023 and …

A magistrate court in Kano State has ordered the owner of a noisy cockerel to slaughter it or face a penalty.    The court gave the order on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, after two neighbours of the owner of the bird, filed a complaint with the court.    They claimed …

Justice Hamza Muazu of a Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an order restraining the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party.   The judge issued the restraining order while ruling in …

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin voters on Tuesday chose to upend the political direction of their state by electing a liberal candidate to the State Supreme Court, flipping majority control from conservatives, according to The Associated Press. The result means that in the next year, the court is likely to reverse the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted bail to “relationship expert” Blessing Okoro for alleged cyber-bullying.  The Nigeria Police Force had arraigned Blessing Okoro, better known as “Blessing CEO”, before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court on six counts bordering on alleged cyber-bullying, libel and for …

A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered that four men be remanded for allegedly dismembering a hunchback man.   The police charged Christopher Shimayina, a staff of Health Department, Gwer West Local Government, Mathew Nono, Henry Bee and Vincent Shayenge, with criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide and illegal …

Actor IK Ogbonna has reacted to the arrest and arraignment of an impostor who defrauded an American woman of $70k using his image.    In a post shared on his IG page today, April 4, Ogbonna said after a thorough investigation, the suspect was arrested and is currently being tried …

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable,  has been arraigned at the magistrate court in Ifo, Ogun state. Naija News reports that Portable was arraigned on Monday morning, April 3, 2023, for assault. Recall the ‘Zazoo Zeh’ crooner was arrested on Friday after the expiration of the 72-hour …

Barring any last-minute changes, singer, Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, will be arraigned before a magistrate court in Ota, Ogun state on Monday, April 3.   Recall that he was arrested by men of the state police command on Friday, March 31.    The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force CSP …

Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, March 31, remanded social media influencer Blessing Okoro aka “Blessing CEO” in prison custody till May 30 following her arraignment by the police for alleged Cyber-bullying and Libel, the Nation reports.   LIB had on Thursday, March 30 …