An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday remanded a 26-year-old man, Goodluck Kennedy, for allegedly abducting a 14-year-old girl (name withheld) for five days and defiling her. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye ordered that Kennedy be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center following his not guilty […]

A teenager, name withheld, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging a bus belonging to the Lagos State Government. The teenager whose residential address was not given, is charged with willful damage. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court […]

A civil servant, Oyeniyi Oyedepo, on Friday, told a Mapo Customary Court Ibadan, to dissolve his 14-year-old marriage to wife, Iyabo, on grounds that his wife slaps him whenever he disciplines their four children.

A 20-year-old unemployed, Sunday Vincent, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a cell phone valued at N7,000. The defendant, who resides in Ikeja, was arraigned before Magistrate O.A. Layinka, on a charge of stealing. Vincent, however, denied committing the offence and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with […]

A Sharia Court in Sabon Gari, Kaduna State, on Friday adjourned until March 8, hearing in a fornication suit filed by a man, Rabiu Ibrahim against Salihatu Hussain. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, on December 12, 2020, approached the court, seeking intervention against the claims that Hussaini lied against him and […]