Law/Judiciary
As husband’s whereabouts is unknown, wife seeks divorce
A teacher, Mrs Farida Muhammad, on Thursday approached a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State seeking divorce. Muhammad...
Read moreFederal High Court Announces 2021 Posting For Judges
Justice Abang to Warri, Justice Ojukwu to Calabar Directs New Judges To Resume on April 12, 2021. The Chief Judge...
Read moreUK based medical doctor, wife sue ICPC over alleged malicious trial
Dr Reuben Obaro, a medical doctor based in the United Kingdom and wife, Mrs Ayodele Obaro, have sued the Independent...
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Police brutality: I was beaten, stripped, gassed by police- Cross-River-based lawyer tells NHRC panel
A lawyer, Joseph Arikpo, on Tuesday told the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel that he was beaten, stripped to his...
Read moreBayelsa High Court vacates 30 days detention order on Ex-Radio Bayelsa GM
Six days after his arrest and detention, John Idumange on Tuesday got a reprieve as a Bayelsa High Court vacated...
Read moreAlleged notorious Ibarapa “warlord”, 2 sons to remain in correctional centre
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday, ordered that the alleged notorious Ibarapa warlord, Abdullahi Wakili, 70, ...
Read moreMan, 24, bags life imprisonment for trafficking 57.2 kg of Marijuana
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced a 24-year-old drug trafficker, Sodiq Ramon, to maximum life imprisonment for...
Read moreLab technician in court for alleged issuance of fake COVID-19 test result
A 29-year-old laboratory technician, Eiyonoria Godwin, on Monday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly issuing...
Read moreCourt dissolves 20-year-old marriage over wife’s infidelity
A Mapo Customary Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday, dissolved a 20-year-old marriage between a transporter, Oluseyi Adegoke and wife,...
Read moreMan begs court to order his ex-wife to leave his house
A 39-year-old man, Shafi’u Yahya on Monday begged a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State, to order his former ...
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