Nwanne jailed 14 years with hard labour for attempting to use minor for ritual
On Thursday a 25 year-old-man, Ekene Nwanne, was on sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by an Egor Magistrates’ Court sitting in Benin for attempting to use a minor for ritual.…
Marriage gone sour as Court dissolved 33-year marriage over wife’s unruliness
LAGOS – a 33-year-old marriage on Thursday in Lagos hit the rocks after several failed interventions by the court and family members to save the union. An Igando Customary Court…
Court kick against frivolous councilor, five others bail application over alleged culpable homicide
BENUE – a Magistrate Court sitting in Makurdi, on Thursday denied a serving councillor, James Aondover Semail, and five others bail over alleged killing of a 45-year-old man. The serving…
Reasons behind Nigeria not declaring Fulani herdsmen a terrorist group
PHOTO: youthrevolutionaryparty.wordpress.com Government of Nigeria did not designate marauding Fulani herdsmen as terrorists despite being responsible for hundreds of death and destruction of properties because their activities were criminal and…
Moscco court issue bench warrant for doping whistleblower
A Moscow court said Thursday it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, who helped orchestrate the country’s state-sponsored Olympic doping programme and has since fled to…
Brazilian goalkeeper convited for murder, jail term reduce by a court
The jail sentence of Brazilian goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes for 2010 murder of a former girlfriend has been reduced by 18 months, according to court documents filed in the state of…
HINTS: Melaye’s recall: INEC withdraw application for substituted service, case refer to Appeal Court
On Thursday the Independent National Electoral Commission withdrew its motion seeking an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja allowing it to serve the recall petition on Kogi West…
Financial office assistant pleads guilty to stealing employer’s $12,000
LAGOS – An office assistant, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $12,000 (N4.3m), on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the crime in an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State. The…
FH’Court orders Ziklagsis to pay AMCON N1.9 billion undisputed debt
Lagos – Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday ordered a firm, Ziklagsis Network Limited, to pay an admitted debt of N1,906, 732, 758. 66 to the Asset…
Falana file petitions at the UN over attacks on Kenyan judges
A constitutional and human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has petitioned the United Nations, seeking investigation of alleged attacks on Kenyan judges. Falana, in his petition dated September 26…