Tag: court

R. Kelly Found Guilty on 6 Counts of Child Pornography

R. Kelly has reportedly been found guilty by a federal jury in Chicago on six of 13 counts on child pornography and sexual abuse. On Wednesday, September 14, the 12-person…

Monarch Jailed 15 Years for Faking Own Kidnap

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced the deposed Baale of Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15-years imprisonment. Ogundare was sentenced on Tuesday September 27, by Justice…

Chinese Man Bags 5 Years Imprisonment for Illegal Mining in Kwara

A 29-year-old Chinese national, Gang Deng, was on Wednesday, October 19, convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful…

Court Dissolves 8 Year-Old Marriage Over Husband’s Irresponsibility

A Central Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama 1, Jos, Plateau State has dissolved an 8-year-old marriage between one Samira Makama and her husband, Muhammed Musa. The marriage was dissolved…

Cleric Sentenced to Death in Kano

A Kano Upper Shari’a Court, sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano, on Thursday, sentenced a cleric identified as Sheikh Kabara Abduljabbar, to death by hanging. The court in it's judgment, Khadi…

Osun Tribunal Decision ‘Black Market’ Judgment – CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties has described the judgment of the Osun State governorship election petitions tribunal which sacked governor Ademola Adeleke as a black market purchased judgment. A…

Man Sentenced to Death For Killing Woman In Jigawa

Jigawa State High Court in Birnin Kudu has sentenced one Isyaku Wakili Gwanto to death by hanging for killing Malama Malora Adamu. The accused was earlier arraigned before the court…

EFCC Nabs FCMB Manager, Gomwalk Kichime Over N55m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned one Kichime Gomwalk of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), alongside two others for alleged fraud. Gomwalk Kichime, who is a…

Jigawa Judicial Service Commission Sacks Judge Over N50,000 Bribe

Justice Safiyanu Muhammad Dabi of the Upper Shari’a Court, Birnin Kudu has been sacked by the Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission for collecting a bribe of Fifty Thousand Naira (50,000)…

Timothy Adegoke: Hotel Receptionist Sentenced to 2-Year Imprisonment

An Osun State high court on Wednesday sentenced one Adedeji Adesola, the receptionist on duty at Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, the day Timothy Adegoke arrived at the facility to two years…