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The Ikeja Special Offences Court has reserved judgment until July 14 in the case of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, accused of defiling a 14-year-old girl.   On Monday, June 6, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo adjourned the case for judgment after the prosecution and defence counsel had adopted their …

Nollywood actor, Kalu Ikeagwu has on Monday told Ikeja High Court that his estranged wife abandoned their matrimonial home and ignored her bedroom duties after the birth of their son. The actor, therefore, sought the dissolution of the marriage in a suit marked LD/8939HD/2021. He is also seeking full custody …

According to the court presided over by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, the NBC does not have the power to “prohibit exclusivity on and compel sub-licensing of privately acquired rights to television content as such is against the constitution and the copyright act.” Recall that the controversial amendment was heavily criticized by …

Nollywood actor Kalu Ikeagwu has taken his estranged wife, Ijeoma Eze, to court for abandoning their matrimonial home. According to NAN, under cross-examination by the respondent’s counsel, Mrs S.I. Amedu, Ikeagwu said his wife packed out of his house and sent him a mail that she was on her way …

Justice Inyang Eden of a Federal High Court in Abuja today May 27, rejected the bail application of embattled Senator Rochas Okorocha.   Okorocha was forcefully arrested by the EFCC from his Abuja residence on Tuesday, May 24. According to the agency, the former Imo state governor has repeatedly failed …

The re-arrest order on Hauwa Muhammad, popularly known as Jaruma has been vacated by an upper area court in Zuba, Abuja. Recall that the self-acclaimed sex therapist was arrested and charged to court over defamation of character, false news publication and intimidation. The former lawmaker representing Aniocha North-South and Oshimili …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May, 23, 2022, secured the conviction of a former member of the House of Representatives, Chief Chuma Nzeribe before Justice Yusuf Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. Abuja.   Nzeribe was first arraigned by the EFCC on October …

A 27-year-old Kenyan man who chopped off his ex-girlfriend’s hand after she rejected him was charged with causing her grievous harm.    The suspect, Joel Okongo is accused of severing the high school student’s left hand in Silanga area of Kibera in Nairobi on April 22, 2022.    Okongo has also …

”The state government gave some vehicles to some judges in 2021 and is also planning to provide more for Magistrates. “The vehicles are brand new and not manufactured in Nigeria. “Work is in progress to tar the state high court premises and meet the other needs of the judiciary,” he …

A 52-year-old Kenyan man is elated after a court granted his dowry refund request following the collapse of his marriage.    Wilberforce Murung’a had dragged his former in-laws to Kitale chief magistrate last December, demanding a dowry refund including cash, three cows, one she-goat, a pair of gumboots and a hat after …