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The Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has on February 25 announced a ban on street begging by children popularly referred to as Almajiris. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje announced this during the launch of Basic Education Service…

Former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has on February 25 been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for money laundering. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had earlier found him and…

Olisa Metuh The Federal High Court in Abuja has on February 25 found Olisa Metuh guilty of money laundering in the sum of N400 million without executing any contract for government. The trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, found the former…

Harvey Weinstein, seen arriving at court in Manhattan on February 24, has been on trial for over a month A court in New York City has on February 24 found Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual assaults including…

Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), has said the state is introducing a filtering mechanism to check the police from filing charges that do not meet the minimum evidential threshold at…

A High Court in Ikeja, Lagos State has on February 20 sentenced a former part-time lecturer in the University of Lagos, Baruwa Afeez Akin, to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission-seeker. The trial judge, Justice…

R. Kelly in tears during an interview with Gayle King of CBS This Morning in 2019 after the release of the "Surviving R. Kelly" docu-series American R&B artiste, Robert Sylvester Kelly known as R. Kelly has been hit with fresh…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River has on February 13 granted bail to the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo. Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, granted the journalist N10 million bail,…

Jussie Smollett GQ Men of the Year Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 07 Dec 2017. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren (Shutterstock) Former 'Empire' television series star, Jussie Smollett has on Tuesday been indicted for…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Wednesday fined the Federal Government the sum of N200,000 for trial delay of pro-democracy activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma…

A Federal High Court Judge in Enugu state, Justice R.O Oghoghorie has on Wednesday sentenced four women to six months imprisonment each for engaging minors to beg for alms for them. The four women who identifies are Chinasa Ugwu, 28;…

A 10-year-old boy on Monday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that his mother asked him to put poison in his father’s food and bathing water. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adenike Ayodele, the mother of the boy, had…

Former federal judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumobogia yesterday slumped at the premises of Ikeja High Court, Lagos state. This was just before the commencement of her fraud trial. According to reports, the incident caused the court to…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday left the Peoples Democratic Party disappointed by ruling that the expulsion of Senator Buruji Kashamu and leaders of his Ogun PDP faction was unlawful. However, the same court affirmed the…

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA president Paul Usoro, has arrived the Federal High Court in Lagos for his scheduled arraignment, Daily Trust reports He arrived the court on Monday morning. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…