Law/Judiciary
Court orders NCS to evacuate El-Zakzaky’s wife to COVID-19 treatment centre
A Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the leader of...
Read moreLack of food: Mother of 8 seeks dissolution of 19-year-old marriage
A 38-year-old housewife, Hafsat Muazu, on Monday prayed a Shari’a Court at Rigasa, Kaduna, to dissolve her 19-year-old marriage to...
Read moreMy wife is too disrespectful, divorce-seeking husband tells court
A teacher, Mr Onaola Yewande, on Monday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 11-year-old marriage to...
Read moreTeacher secures divorce over disrespect and infidelity by wife of 11 years
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved 11-year-old marriage of a teacher, Mr Yewande Onaola, on grounds of...
Read moreCourt remands man, 55, over alleged rape of 12-year-old girl, abortion of pregnancy
A Dutse Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 55-year-old man, Ibrahim Jallo, in a correctional centre...
Read moreBlasphemy: Court orders retrial of Sharif’s death sentence
A Kano State High Court of Appeal on Thursday ordered the retrial of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 30, who was sentenced to...
Read moreCCB, INEC Chairman dragged to court over asset declaration
The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu have...
Read moreBusinesswoman defrauded job seekers of N32m for fictitious NNPC jobs-EFCC operative alleges
An EFCC Investigation Officer, Ms Sekinat Badamasi, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that a businesswoman, Uju...
Read moreN24bn Police pension fraud: absence of EFCC witness stalls trial
The absence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) fourth witness on Tuesday, stalled the trial of six public...
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Court grants order to paste hearing notice in Dogara’s office
The Federal High Court sitting, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted an ex-parte order to paste hearing notices on former speaker of the House...
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