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The Kogi State High Court ruled on Friday that Dino Melaye be moved to Abuja where he would be able to receive appropriate care for his health complications, Vanguard reports. Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasir Ajanah who gave…

A California man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the kidnap and murder of a 3-week-old baby girl back in 2015. Anthony Ray McCall, 32, was sentenced on Monday after being convicted of abducting the child right from…

A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Wednesday sentenced a retired worker of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Godwin Elewana, to death by hanging. The court found Elewana guilty of the murder of a…

Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, says angels of the Lord rescued him from a high court in Abuja after operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) attempted to arrest him. On Thursday, the federal government arraigned…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has restrained the House of Representatives from conducting the planned public hearing on the Hijab wearing controversy between the Nigerian Law School and Ms Firdrusa Abdulsalam. Justice Anwuli Chikere…

A driver with the Kogi Government House, Lokoja has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for reckless driving and causing the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi. Chief Magistrate Alhassan Husaini of Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court 11, who…

Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has berated the father of a 14-year-old victim of alleged rape who asked for the court to discontinue the rape charges filed against one Richard Mathew, whom he caught…

The Sexual Offences And Domestic Violence Court commissioned on February 1, by the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has delivered it's first judgement. The Court on Wednesday, sentenced 58-year-old Cobina Iziejen to 60 years…

A Fort Bend County jury has convicted a 59-year-old Nigerian man of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in 2015. Osa Alohaneke, 59, was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Alohaneke was charged with stabbing and killing Evelyne Epiepang…

The Federal High Court sitting in Wawa Cantonment, Kainji, Niger State, yesterday February 12th, sentenced 35-year-old Haruna Yahaya pictured above, to 15 years imprisonment for participating in the abduction of the Chibok school girls…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dragged the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Danladi Umar to the Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged N11.8 million bribe. A copy of the charge sheet showed that the…

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that a certain Kabiru Badamasi be given six strokes of the cane as punishment for stealing a bag of beans worth 15K. Badamasi of Gwagwa Karmo village, Abuja, was sentenced on a two…

Former Commissioner for Finance in the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi, Dapo Kolawole, has sued Governor Ayodele Fayose and others demanding damages over alleged slander and libel against him by the defendants. He is…

The Ekiti State Government has filed a criminal charge against a former governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Kolawole. The 19 counts filed before the state High Court, Ado Ekiti on Friday, January…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided by Justice Nnamdi Dimg, ordered the temporary forfeiture of N6,584,785,000; $222,000 and Aso Savings Limited shares valued at N2,028,800,000 allegedly derived fraudulently from proceeds…