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Court Remands Task Force Official For Alleged Murder

AN Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Thursday ordered that a task force official, Afeez Garba, 39, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly killing a motorcyclist. The police charged Garba with murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did…

Suspended UNICAL Lecturer, Prof. Cyril Ndifon Asks Court To Quash Charge Against Him

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to quash the sexual harassment charge against him. Ndifon, who told Justice James Omotosho in a further affidavit filed…

Employee Of Property Company In Court For Alleged N7.6m Fraud

ONE Adewale Adeagbo, an employee of a foremost property company in South-West Nigeria, on Monday, appeared before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, charged  with N7, 640, 000 fraud. Adeagbo, whose residential address was not provided, is being prosecuted…

Osun: Rights Group Condemns Attacks On The Person Of Citizen Olagunju Olayiwola Olufolahan over Chieftaincy titles

A human rights organization in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has strongly condemned the series of unfortunate attacks on a citizen of Osun State, Chief Olayiwola Olufolahan Olagunju over the traditional title in Oyan, Odo-Otin…

Daughter Drags Father To Court Over Alleged Sexual Assault In Kwara

A lady identified as Simbiat Moshood has accused her father of sexual abuse in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The accused, Mashood was dragged to the Upper Àrea Court in the town by his daughter for the alleged…

Ogun Judiciary Workers Commence Indefinite Strike On Monday

THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun Branch, says it will embark on an indefinite strike from Monday. This is contained in a statement issued and jointly signed in Abeokuta on Sunday by the JUSUN Chairman, Ajiboye Olanrewaju, and the…

Kogi Guber Poll: Tribunal Adjourns Hearing Until April 1

THE Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Saturday, adjourned until April 1 for continuation of hearing The three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, fixed the date after six witnesses of the Social Democratic Party,…

Bar Exam Will No Longer Be Required To Become Attorney – Supreme Court

THE bar exam will no longer be required to become a lawyer in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders last Friday. The court approved alternative ways to show competency and earn a law license after…

Student Jailed 18 Months For Online Dating Scam

AN Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 100-level university part-time student of computer science, Emmanuel Victor, to 18 months imprisonment for online dating scam. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Victor to 18 months’ imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to…

Alleged P&ID scam: Court Strikes Out Money Laundering Suit Against Ex-Petroleum Ministry’s Director

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out the money laundering charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against late Mrs Grace Taiga, former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Justice Obiora Egwuatu struck out…