Tag: COURT
Court orders IGP, 2 others to pay N1m as damages for...
An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Commissioner of Police and Peace Ibekwe-Abdullah to pay Princess Ujunwa Udeani...
Court dissolves 12-year-old marriage over lack of care
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved the 12-year-old marriage between Lekan Ajayi and his wife, Busayo, over lack of care, frequent fighting and...
35-year-old man bags 3-year jail term for raping daughter
A Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at Kasuwan Nama, on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old businessman, Hamza Abubakar, to three-year jail term for raping his...
Court fixes December 6 for hearing on N1bn libel suit against...
A Yola High Court on Tuesday fixed December 6 for hearing of the motion on notice in a N1 billion libel suit filed against...
Man, 25, remanded in prison over rape of six-year-old girl
A Birnin Kebbi Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 25-year-old trader, Faruk Abubakar, in prison for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, Mr. Abubakar Atiku,...
Man docked over alleged theft of employer’s goods worth N2.1m
A 42-year-old man, Abiodun Oyetunde, was on Monday arraigned in an Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing his employer’s goods worth N2.1million.
Oyetunde...
Senate to appeal High Court judgement in favour of Senator Ndume
The Senate says it will file an appeal on November 13 against judgment of the Federal High Court ordering it to pay all salaries...
Man, 28, bags 3 years imprisonment for sexual abuse of 3...
A 28-year-old businessman, Abdullahi Mohammed, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for sexual abuse of three boys.
Mohammed was sentenced on Friday following his...
Court declares Senator Ndume’s suspension illegal, orders payment of his salaries,...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has declared the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume by the Senate as illegal and ordered that Ndume be paid...
Court orders Police to pay N12.5m to Peace Corps over detention...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police to pay N12.5 million to the Peace Corps of Nigeria as compensation for unlawful...