A court in Turkey has heard how a British holidaymaker pushed her boyfriend to his death from their hotel balcony after a furious row. According to Mail Online, father-of-one Reece Pegram, 21, died instantly when he fell 100 feet onto a concrete yard from the five-star hotel in Side, Antalya, …
Read More »Man logs in for his virtual court divorce proceedings while in bed with his wife
A photo of a man who logged in for his virtual court divorce proceedings while in bed with his wife has gone viral after being shared online. Kenyan lawyer @Kamaumathingira who shared the photo wrote “Sometimes clients will embarrass you,Imagine your client logging in to court with his wife for …
Read More »Magistrate Court Strikes Out Suit Of Nollywood Actor’s Alleged Rape Case
Advertisement A Magistrate court in Akwa Ibom has struck out a suit prosecuting a Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong for allegedly abducting and defiling a 16-year-old girl. The judge, Moreen Udoka, struck out the suit after the prosecutor, A. Nyongessien, an assistant state counsel, reported that the suit has been filed …
Read More »Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court
Less than two hours after the Supreme Court ended a wrenching term last month, it welcomed a new member. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who had been waiting in the wings since she was confirmed by the Senate in April, took two oaths of office — and joined a court in …
Read More »Kpokpogri: Court extends restraining order on FCT minister, others
The injunctive order, followed an ex-parte application filed by Kpokpogri through his counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Justice Charles Agbaza held that the order would subsist pending the hearing and determination of the suit before the court. “This court has the powers to grant an extension of the order in exercise …
Read More »Iyabo Ojo Reacts As Court Sentences Baba Ijesha To Jail
Advertisement Popular Nigerian actress, Iyabo Ojo has reacted to the ruling of an Ikeja Special Offences Court against her colleague, Olarenwaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. Recall that the court on Thursday sentenced the actor to jail over the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. Baba Ijesha was found …
Read More »US court sentences Nigerian man to 8 years in prison for fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims
U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has jailed a Nigerian man, Oluwaseyi Akinyemi, a/k/a “Paddy Linkin”, a/k/a “Joseph Kadin”, for elderly fraud and Covid-19 Unemployment fraud scheme Akinyemi, 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years …
Read More »Court document reveals R.Kelly is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Joycelyn Savage
Court document has revealed that American singer R.Kelly is engaged to his long-time girlfriend and alleged victim, Joycelyn Savage. The R&B singer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on sex trafficking charges and still has more charges pending In a letter written to the judge ahead of R. …
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court limits use of absentee ballot drop boxes
The Supreme Court of the US state of Wisconsin has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, in a decision Democrats said would make it harder to vote in the …
Read More »Kebbi court sentences Nigerien man to death by hanging for killing mother and daughter
A High Court in Birninkebbi, Kebbi State, has sentenced 25-year-old Suleiman Idris, a citizen of Niger Republic to death by hanging. Idris was convicted for killing a mother and her daughter, Sa’adiya Idris and khadiza Alkali at Alabama Quarters in Birninkebbi, the capital of Kebbi State, in April this …
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