Judiciary

My tenant poisoned, killed my security dog, 19 chickens – witness alleges A landlady, Mrs Goodness Ukanwa told a Grade I Area Court Kubwa, Abuja, that her tenant, Lateef Agbaje, poisoned…

My husband is an unrepentant adulterer, he slept with my sister – Woman seeking divorce tells court A 57- year-old trader, Mrs Chima Udemi, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on…

Borno JSC sacks 2 Sharia Court Judges, demotes 2 The Borno Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has sacked two Sharia Court Judges. A statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri signed by an…

Court dissolves 15-year-old marriage over adultery An Ekiti Customary court sitting in Ikole-Ekiti on Tuesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Mr Abiodun Omotoyinbo and his wife,…

Housewife docked for allegedly threatening to kill preacher A housewife, Racheal Oloche, on Tuesday appeared in a Gwagwalada Upper Area Court for allegedly threatening to kill a…

Court says judge available to release Igboho’s aides The Federal High Court, Abuja, says there is a judge on ground to sign the warrant of release of Sunday Igboho’s aides who were…

Court remands man for defiling his 3 daughters An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, who allegedly defiled his three…

REOPENED/ Court orders DSS to produce detained Igboho’s aides on July 29 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained…

Court closes Maina’s case, adjourns for adoption of final written addresses A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the closure of the case of Abdulrasheed Maina,…

Court remands boy, 13, over alleged defilement of 11-year-old girl An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday remanded a 13-year-old boy (name withheld), who allegedly defiled…