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June 28, 2022 No Responses

Ekweremadu, Wife Sue NIMC, NIS, UBA, Stanbic-IBTC Bank

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service...

June 10, 2022 No Responses

My Husband Calls Me Secondhand Material, Woman Tells Court

A transporter, Mr Irinsanmi Ayeniberu, on Thursday prayed to an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State to grant him a divorce on grounds of incompatibility with his wife of four years, Chinwe. The petitioner, a resident of No. 15, African...

June 2, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of Private Varsity

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the interim forfeiture of NOK University, allegedly acquired unlawfully by Anthony Hassan, a former Director of Finance and Accounts, Federal Ministry of Health. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a r...

May 31, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders MTN, NELMCO To Pay N200m To Victim Of Amputation

A High Court in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Monday ordered MTN Telecommunications limited and Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited/GTE (NELMCO), to pay N200m to Hamsatu Abdullahi for negligence. Justice M. Lawu Lawan said: “I hold that the pla...

May 17, 2022 No Responses

Woman Bags 12 Years Imprisonment For Defrauding Deeper Life Church

An Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old Sade Otenuga to 12 years imprisonment for defrauding the Deeper Life Bible Church of N620,000. The court heard that Sade deceived the church into paying her the money on the pretext...

May 6, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Two For Allegedly Exhuming Boy’s Corpse

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men in a correctional centre for allegedly being in possession of human head, exhuming and cutting off head of a six-year-old boy. The defendants, Lukuman Kusimo, 55, and Oluwaseyi Olojede, 5...

April 22, 2022 No Responses

Police Arraign Housewife, Lover Over Alleged Adultery

The Police Command in Benue State, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged criminal conspiracy, adultery and intimidation. The Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told th...

April 20, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that a 37-year-old primary school driver, Kingsley Okwumbu, be remanded for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. The police charged Okwumbu, who resides in Ikeja area of Lagos...

March 26, 2022 No Responses

Supreme Court Upholds INEC’S De-Registration Of 22 Political Parties

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the de-registration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The parties were among the 74 scrapped in 2020 by INEC following their dismal performances in previous elections.&nbsp...

March 25, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Seeks More Dedicated Courts To Prosecute Traffic Offenders

The Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps,(FRSC) Zone 8, ACM Hyginus Omeje on Thursday called for more dedicated magistrates courts for prosecution of traffic offenders. Omeje, who is the zonal commanding officer of FRSC, zone 8...