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Former Spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that he could no longer feed his family because his bank accounts have been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Monday held that it would go ahead with the trial of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), whether he was present in court or not. Dasuki,…

A Nigerian lesbian group, “Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiatives”‎, who dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to court over refusal to be registered, has seen their lawsuit described as lacking merit, being thrown out.…

The trial of Danish man, Peter Nielson accused of killing his wife, Zainab Ali aka Alizee, and their four year old daughter, Petra, at their home in Banana Island in April this year, continued at the Igbosere High Court in Lagos yesterday,…

A former Chairman of the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, Anum Iho, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a high court in the state for embezzling N91.5 million meant for the training of teachers in the state.…

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N10 million in damages for the illegal detention of Jones Abiri, a Bayelsa-based journalist. Abiri, publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper,…

A 35-year-old man, Mr. Yinka Alabi, on Friday pleaded with an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State, not to dissolve his marriage in spite of his wife admitting to being raped by another man. In his defence to a…

A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has restrained MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from implementing its recent hike in DStv subscription rates. In July, MultiChoice raised the subscription rate for the DSTV Premium package…

A man convicted of attacking couples at New Jersey motels and forcing them to have sex at gunpoint before he robbed them, has been sentenced to 148 years in state prison. 43-year-old Rasheed Powell from Elizabeth was convicted in March…

A 35-year-old man, Haruna Ali, on Tuesday sued his father-in-law, Adamu Mai-Takaima, at a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged abduction of his wife. The complainant told the court that his wife, Hadiza Haruna, had…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered 37-year-old NGO founder, Jephath Ighodaro be remanded in Kirikiri prisons. Jephath was dragged before the court for allegedly sodomizing his twin under-aged sons. Chief Magistrate P. E…

A court in Abuja has ordered the service of summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in relation to the ongoing investigation by the police into the April 5, 2018 bank robbery incident in Offa, Kwara State. Justice Abdullahi…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday granted John Abebe, the younger brother of the late Stella Obasanjo, spouse of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo bail over alleged four million dollars fraud. Mr Abebe is facing a…

In North Carolina, it's a serious offense to commit adultery and it attracts punishment if a jilted spouse sue for "alienation of affection." According to New York's Pix11, a judge awarded a North Carolina man $8.8 million from a man who…

A 32-year-old woman, Miss Ngozi Okwuside, has been dragged before an Ejigbo chief magistrate court for  allegedly plotting to assassinate her boyfriend, Emmanuel Eze. Police said that Okwuside hired some assassins to eliminate Eze…