Tag: court

Woman Drags Ex-husband To Court For Marrying Her Best Friend

A Nigerian woman identified as Firdausi Musa, on Monday, dragged her ex-husband, Saidu Abubakar to a Shari’a court in Kaduna for marrying her best friend. The complainant, through her lawyer,…

Pastor Sentenced to Death for Killing 7-year-old Boy For Ritual In Lagos

A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Tuesday, sentenced one pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi to death for killing a 7-year-old boy for ritual.…

How R Kelly Offered Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars To Re-claim Child Porn

A Chicago court has found Singer, R Kelly, guilty of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to retrieve child porn videos that allegedly went missing in the early 2000s. According…

2 Brothers Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Armed Robbery in Lagos

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a domestic worker, identified as Genesis Ezebong, his brother, Micheal and one Ikade Moses, to life imprisonment for armed robbery in the Palm…

Assault: Court Makes New Decision on MKO Abiola’s Wife

A Chief Magistrate Court has slatted October 5 for hearing of the case filed against Professor Zainab Duke Abiola by the FCT police command. Abiola, a lawyer and human rights…

US Fines Lafarge $778m For Supporting Terror Groups

French cement giant Lafarge SA will pay a $778 million fine after pleading guilty to providing material support to Islamic State and other terror groups during the Syrian civil war,…

Popular TV Preacher Sentenced to 8,658 Years Imprisonment

An Istanbul court, on Wednesday, sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to 8,658 years in prison in a retrial, local media reported.…

Argentina Vice President, Cristina Kirchner Sent to Prison

A federal court in Argentina has sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to 6 years in jail for corruption. The court also disqualified her from holding public office henceforth.…

Court Vacates Forfeiture Order on Ekweremadu’s Properties

A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the interim order of forfeiture issued on property belonging to the former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu. The presiding Judge Inyang…

Pastor Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Impregnating 2 Sisters

A 51-year-old pastor identified as Nduka Anyanwu was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic and Violence Court for defiling and impregnating…