A magistrate court in Sagamu, Ogun State, has adjourned the trial of Adeniyi Kayode, the driver involved in the fatal car crash that injured former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, to February 25, 2026. Kayode, who was arraigned earlier this month on a four-count charge including dangerous driving causing death and driving without a valid license, […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Hadejia, Jigawa State, has ordered the arrest of a Department of State Services (DSS) operative, Ifeanyi Festus, and directed security agencies to investigate alleged offences following an application filed by Abdulhadi Ibrahim. The order was made in Suit No: DCC/01/2026 by His Worship, Sadisu Musa Esq., at the Magistrate […]
Joy Obakeye A Magistrate Court in Ifo local government area of Ogun State, has sentenced a sixty year old man, Bakare Buraimoh, to six months imprisonment at the Ilaro Correctional Centre, Ogun State, for assaulting one Abiodun Fakoya, a staff of Ikeja Electric (IE) attached to its Olowora Undertaking Office. The judgement was delivered on […]
…Remands 33 others at the State Isolation Centre for COVID-19 screening and hearing of bail application Five accused persons who violated provisions of the Rivers State Quarantine Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Other Infectious Diseases) Regulations and Executive Orders have been convicted by the Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court. The accused persons were convicted after they pleaded […]
A Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday granted bail to Messrs. Samuel Ugorji and Samuel Buhari, both pilots with Caverton Helicopters who were accused of contravening the executive order of the Rivers state governor issued to check the spread of the coronavirus in the state. The magistrate court also granted bail to 10 passengers […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad has appealed to the Senate for adequate funding to meet judicial functions. Justice Muhammad made the appeal when the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters paid him a courtesy call on Friday. The CJN said that the Supreme Court of Nigeria as one […]
A 43-year-old man, Francis Essien, on Friday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly being in possession and circulation of counterfeit currency to buy newspaper from a vendor. The police charged Essien, who resides in Ogunnike, St., Lekki Lagos State with one count of issuance of fake currency. The prosecution counsel, Insp. Ajaga […]
Fourteen suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who allegedly attacked some herdsmen and killed their cattles in the Amagu-Ebe axis of Udi in Enugu State were docked on 29th April , 2019 by an Udi Magistrate Court. Eastern Security Network, ESN, a militant wing of IPOB has allegedly been attacking camps […]
Two notorious traffic robbers that had been terrorizing commuters and pedestrians along Maruwa bus stop, Lekki/Epe expressway have been arrested and arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court. The suspects, Akpan Samuel and Ani Chukwuma were arrested October 29th, by a team of Policemen from the Lagos State Police Command led by the Divisional Police Officer, […]
A Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has directed the service of processes on MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd to appear on December 6 over alleged occupation of a space for its transmission mast without payment of rent. Magistrate Olubunmi Achegbulu also directed service of the papers on MTN after the initial service on the […]
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ogbizi, Friday arraigned one Mrs. Felicia Ejezie, otherwise known as Mama Biafra “F” at an Umuahia Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Linda Ugboaja for selling Pro-Biafia newspapers. The Police had in the charge number U/9512018, charged Ejezie, aged 55 years for “promoting membership of a terrorist group, IPOB by […]
…Jails two others, remands 3 for defiling minors The Edo State Government’s effort to rid the state of paedophiles in line with the enforcement of the Child Rights Act is yielding positive results, as the Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City, Edo State has sentenced a commercial motorcycle operator, Friday Moses, to 14 years imprisonment […]
The 26-year-old undergraduate, Nurudeen Iliyasu who in protest climbed a 50-metre mast in Abuja has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja by the Department of State Security Services (DSS). He was arraigned alongside his brother, Lawal, who was the first to be apprehended by the Secret service, on charges of inciting public […]
The management of Folio Communications Plc, publishers of Daily Times newspapers have asked Sen. Ikechukwu Obiorah and his lawyer Festus Keyamo to stop what it described as judicial forum shopping in desperate but impossible efforts to acquire Daily Times of Nigeria. Folio was reacting to information it received that documents were being circulated in some […]
A Chief Magistrate Court of Anambra East Magisterial District, sitting at Otuocha, Anambra State presided over by Onunkwo Esquire has sentenced one Ejike Chigozie and Amaechi Joe to three years imprisonment each. They were arraigned by the Police for vandalising the Ring Main Unit (RMU) handle of an Injection Substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity […]
Efforts by Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC), at curbing the menace of vandalism on its network have again received a boost with the sentencing of one Abdullahi Abubakar to two years imprisonment by an Ondo Chief Magistrate court. The convict along with two others, Abdullahi Nahalla and Mohammed Umoru were arraigned before the magistrate court […]
An Awka Magistrate Court in Anambra State presided over by Senior Magistrate Mike Anyadiegwu, has remanded 13 alleged cult members in prison custody on a three count charge of conspiracy, murder and cultism. When the case came up for mention, the counsel to the accused, Mr. A.R. Nzekwe applied for their bail which the Prosecuting […]
A Magistrates’ Court in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, on Thursday, granted bail to five workers of The Daily Times Newspapers on the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in the like sum each. The Magistrate, Okagbu Azubuike, also ordered that the two sureties must be civil servants on the employment of the Federal Government, […]
Buhari meets with IGP over mayhem, other killings The Benue State Police on Friday arraigned six Fulani herdsmen allegedly involved in the killing of 19 farmers in Akor village of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, even as President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Inspector General of Police over the mayhem and other killings […]