Tag: Magistrates’ Court

By MARTIN ROBINSON and JAMES ROBINSON LONDON - Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu today (Thursday) appeared in a London...

BRT driver had given a disjointed claim aimed at absolving himself from the dastardly crime. He faces the death penalty if convicted. The BRT driver...

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded for 30 days a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Mr. Andrew Nice, over his alleged involvement...

AYaba Chief Magistrates’ court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted five Dowen College students, charged with the alleged murder of their 12-year-old schoolmate to bail...

A 30-year-old man, Henry Ukwueze, has been remanded by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly r*ping a 9-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O....

An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has arraigned two landlords, Abubakar Lawal, 40, Chuks Okoye, 62, on Monday for unlawfully evicting their tenants. The defendants,...

Four herdsmen have been remanded in a correctional centre by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for alleged kidnapping. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Opeyemi...

The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has...

  YOLA - A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly...

The Lagos State Government has approved 24 Magistrate Courts to prosecute environmental defaulters. President, Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAMN), Mr David Oriyomi, disclosed...

The Lagos Police Command on Friday arraigned a 46-year-old man, Ibrahim Yakubu, for allegedly defrauding one Mr Stephen Akano of N2.3 million. Yakubu, whose address...

The self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested on October 14, 2015, by operatives of the Department...

Embattled Nigerian actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha will be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday after he was...

A Yaba Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday denied Nollywood actor Omiyinka Olanrewaju popularly known as Baba Ijesa bail, on the ground that the case...

The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, declined granting the bail application brought before it by embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly...

An Ogba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on Wednesday ordered a DNA test to be conducted on Oluwafifehanmi, the daughter of a Nollywood star, Ronke Odusanya. The...

A 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke, has been arrested by the operatives of the Imo State Police Command. The man was nabbed for allegedly leaking...

A West Ham supporter has been banned from football for three years after pleading guilty to racially abusing Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah. Bradley Thumwood, 48,...

By Ramatu Garba   Kano -  A 35-year-old car dealer, Yusuf Jibrin, was on Friday arraigned before a Kano Senior Magistrates’ Court over alleged N1.2 million...

By Chinyere Omeire Lagos - A 48-year-old businessman, Adedotun Adeboyejo, on Friday appeared at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos accused of obtaining N2.9...