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Landlord in court for disconnecting tenant’s water, electricity

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A 64-year-old landlord, Samuel Famakinwa, who allegedly disconnected electricity and water supply from a tenant’s apartment, was on Wednesday brought before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant is facing a three-count charge bordering on breach of peace and unlawful disconnection. The prosecutor, ASP Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the defendant committed the […]

Landlord shoots tenant dead for refusing to vacate his house

A Nigerian man has alleged that his pregnant sister who died immediately after child birth was killed by her husband after he abused her while she was heavily pregnant. The man identified as Prince Iyase Kelvin took to Facebook to report the alleged domestic abuse. He stated that the abuse was so much that his […]

My wife sleeps with our landlord, man tells court

Ibadan – An Ibadan-based truck driver, Azeez Hakeem, on Tuesday, told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan that his wife, Mufuli, was fond of sleeping with their landlord. Hakeem, who lives at Popo Yemoja area of Ibadan, stated this while reacting to his wife’s allegation of battery before Chief Henry Agbaje, the President of the […]

Four tenants in trouble for exhuming landlord’s corpse

Four persons, who allegedly exhumed the corpse of their landlord before selling his property, on Monday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The three accused men and a woman are Silifatu Abisile, 60; Jimoh Abisile, 52; Gbade Bakare, 56; and Isaiah Bakare, 45. The accused are facing a-five-count charge of conspiracy, kidnapping, […]

Tenant charged over damage to rented house

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A 46-year-old businessman, Reynolds Adeola, who allegedly damaged his landlord’s property, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Adeola was arraigned before Magistrate J.A. Adigun on counts of breach of peace and malicious damage. The accused, who resides at Agege, Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty, and was admitted to N100,000 bail with two sureties […]