Law/Judiciary
Teacher 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...
Read moreCourt dismisses NJC’s objection on Justice Ajumogobia’s dismissal
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday dismissed the objection raised by the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the hearing...
Read moreDefection: Court fixes Feb. 4 suit seeking Dogara’s sack
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Feb. 4, hear a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), asking...
Read moreAlleged N1.9bn fraud: Court orders resumption of trial of ex-Niger Gov Aliyu
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the resumption of trial in the N1.9 billion money laundering charge against former...
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