Courts

A round up of all legal cases in various courts in Nigeria and beyond

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Osun govt reinstates dismissed judge

Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede has been reinstated by the Osun State Government…

Extradition: Abba Kyari knows fate August 29

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled judgment for August 29…

Man tortured, detained for 11 years freed without trial

A Lagos State High Court has ordered the release of an inmate,…

How my sister, boyfriend stole N14m from my company – Bizman

A businessman, Leonard Chukwuma, has told a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at…

Court sentences Danish man to death for killing Nigerian wife

A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to…

My mum’s boyfriend defiled me, six-year-old tells court

A six-year-old girl has narrated how she was allegedly defiled by a…

I’m a Liverpool fan, not Chelsea’s, Nnamdi Kanu tells court

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday,…

School driver defiles pupil, bags life imprisonment

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court…

Ekiti woman jailed 12 years for defrauding Deeper Life church

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 40-year-old…

Lagos prophet arraigned over missing undergraduate

A Lagos prophet, Ejiro Ologonla, has been arraigned before Justice O.H. Oshodi…

Lagos teenager remanded for car theft

An 18-year-old man, Mohammed Lawal, has been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court…

Chidinma: Change of counsel stalls Usifo Ataga case

A change of defence counsel in the continuation of the trial of…

Two women arraigned over theft of five-day-old baby

Two women have been arraigned before Magistrate A.O. Layinka of the Ikeja…

Lagos woman in court for breaking N120,000 EKEDC ladder

The police in Lagos have arraigned a 39-year-old woman, Minotu Shodimu, for…

Driver jailed for raping Ekiti student passenger twice

An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a 25-year-old driver, Tope Ojolo, to…