Tag: Magistrates’ Court
Ekweremadu had £20,000 in cash at time of arrest •Senator and...
By MARTIN ROBINSON and JAMES ROBINSON
LONDON - Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu today (Thursday) appeared in a London...
Lagos BRT driver arraigned for murder, rape and tampering with Bamise’s...
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...
Lagos BRT driver, Andrew Nice, remanded for 30 days over Bamise’s...
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has remanded for 30 days a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Mr. Andrew Nice, over his alleged involvement...
Court admits 5 Dowen College students to N1m bail each
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...
Man Remanded For Allegedly R*ping 9-year-old girl and begged her not...
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....
Court Arraign Landlords For Forcefully Evicting Tenants
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,...
4 Herdsmen Remanded For Alleged Kidnapping
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...
U.S court postpones trial of suspended Abiodun’s aide to 2022
The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has...
Yar’Adua’s son remanded in prison over alleged killing of 4 persons
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...
Lagos approves 24 Magistrate Courts for environmental offenders
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...
Police arraign man, 46, over alleged N2.3m fraud
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...
Kanu’s trial…from 2015 till date
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...
Baba Ijesha To Be Arraigned In Court On June 24
Embattled Nigerian actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha will be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday after he was...
Limping Baba Ijesa to be tried at high court
A Yaba Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday denied Nollywood actor Omiyinka Olanrewaju popularly known as Baba Ijesa bail, on the ground that the case...
Sexual assault: Baba Ijesha denied bail, case transferred to high court
The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, declined granting the bail application brought before it by embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly...
Paternity crisis: Court orders DNA test for Nollywood star’s daughter
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...
Why I Leaked ‘S*x Tape’ of President Buhari’s Appointee – 20-year-old...
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...
West Ham fan banned 3 years for Salah racial abuse
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,...
Businessman, 35, docked over alleged N1.2m fraud
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...
Businessman faces N2.9m fraud charge
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...