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Rivers court sentences 3 kidnappers to death by hanging

Rivers court sentences 3 kidnappers to death by hanging

Justice Monina Danagogo of a Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced three men to death by hanging for kidnapping offence. Although, four suspects were arraigned before the court for the…

Court orders IGP to pay N100m to woman over death of husband in police custody

Court orders IGP to pay N100m to woman over death of husband in police custody

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to pay a woman, Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the arrest, unlawful detention, torture and alleged death…

Duport Midstream Crisis: Makinde, NCDMB, Kuku, Others Risk Jail For Defying Court’s Order

Duport Midstream Crisis: Makinde, NCDMB, Kuku, Others Risk Jail For Defying Court’s Order

Contempt proceedings have been slammed on one of the partners of a leading law firm, Aluko & Oyebode, Mrs Oghogho Makinde; late Chief M. K. O. Abiola’s daughter, Mrs Bolaji Kuku; as well as the…

Emefiele Faces Fresh 20-Count Charges In Court

Emefiele Faces Fresh 20-Count Charges In Court

The embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele is set to face another fresh 20-count amended charge including forgery at the Federal High Court, Abuja. New Telegraph reports that the…

Offa Bank Robbery: Court Fixes February 2nd For Defence

Offa Bank Robbery: Court Fixes February 2nd For Defence

Justice Halimat Salman of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has fixed February 2nd this year for motion and continuation of defence in the April 5, 2018, deadly Offa bank armed robbery case…

Court orders AEDC to convert manager’s dismissal to employment termination

Court orders AEDC to convert manager’s dismissal to employment termination

J ustice Rakiya Haastrup of an Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to convert the dismissal of one of its General Managers, Aminat Ibrahim, to…

SAHCO Manager, Others Arraigned Over Alleged Smuggling Of Banned Drug

SAHCO Manager, Others Arraigned Over Alleged Smuggling Of Banned Drug

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday arraigned an Assistant General Manager of Skyway Handling Company, SAHCO, Olajide Ahmed Kafidipe, alongside seven staff members of the company on charges bordering on conspiracy, unlawful…

Offa Armed Robbery Case: Hearing Resumes

Offa Armed Robbery Case: Hearing Resumes

Hearing in the April 5, 2018, deadly Offa bank armed robbery case resumed on Tuesday before Justice Halimat Salman of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin after about a year since it was adjourned. Policeman…

Alleged N4.8bn Fraud: Appeal Court Urged To Dismiss Cletus Ibeto’s Suit

Alleged N4.8bn Fraud: Appeal Court Urged To Dismiss Cletus Ibeto’s Suit

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has been urged to dismiss an Appeal instituted by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, seeking to nullify the bench warrant issued against…

Attempted Sexual Assault: Middle-Aged Man Sentenced To 14 Years Imprisonment

Attempted Sexual Assault: Middle-Aged Man Sentenced To 14 Years Imprisonment

A Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi, yesterday, sentenced a middle-aged man, Chukwukemeka Ejike to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl. The…