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Trump Sentenced With No Penalty In New York Criminal Trial

Trump Sentenced With No Penalty In New York Criminal Trial

United States of America (USA) President-elect, Donald Trump, on Friday, was sentenced to an unconditional discharge after being found guilty on charges of falsifying business records stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s years-long investigation.…

Court Declares Rivers APC Congresses Illegal

Court Declares Rivers APC Congresses Illegal

The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has invalidated the Local Government and State Congresses conducted by the Tony Okocha-led All Progressives Congress(APC), in Rivers State. According to the court ruling, the Rivers…

Ondo Poll: Court Orders INEC To Recognize Nehemiah, Awude As LP Candidates

Ondo Poll: Court Orders INEC To Recognize Nehemiah, Awude As LP Candidates

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and recognize Chief Olusola Nehemiah and Ezekiel Awude as the Labour Party (LP) governorship and deputy governorship candidates…

Lagos Trader To Clean Court Premises For Stealing Onions

Lagos Trader To Clean Court Premises For Stealing Onions

Yusuf Dauda, a Lagos trader has been sentenced to perform community service by cleaning the court premises for 20 hours as a penalty for stealing a bag of onions. Magistrate O.A Daodu of Ogudu Magistrate’s…

47-Year-Old Man Bags 2 Years Jail Term For Stealing Items Worth N960,000

47-Year-Old Man Bags 2 Years Jail Term For Stealing Items Worth N960,000

A man simply identified as Ugochukwu Sunday has bagged a two-year jail term for breaking into a business and stealing a water dispenser and other items valued at N960,000. The Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun…

Edo Court Sentences Impersonator, 10 Others To Prison

Edo Court Sentences Impersonator, 10 Others To Prison

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court in Benin City convicted and sentenced an impersonator named Endurance Agbi, along with ten other fraudsters, to varying prison terms on Tuesday. The ten other convicts…

Teacher Drags To Court Over Alleged N760, 000 Fraud

Teacher Drags To Court Over Alleged N760, 000 Fraud

A 36-year-old teacher, Emmanuel Ogunbameru on Thursday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged N760,000 fraud. The accused is facing two charges related to felony and advance fee fraud. The…

Man Remanded In Lagos Prison For Defiling Minor

Man Remanded In Lagos Prison For Defiling Minor

Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday remanded Stephen Monday at Kirikiri prison for allegedly defiling a minor. The Lagos State Government who brought charges accused Mr Monday of sexually assaulting his lover’s four-year-old…

Three Arraigned For Giving False Information To IGP In Anambra

Three Arraigned For Giving False Information To IGP In Anambra

Three individuals were brought before a Magistrate Court in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State for providing the police with false information regarding the murder of Mr Tochukwu Onyemelukwe. Mr Joseph Omegha,…

Court Remands Three Men For Alleged Unlawful Possession Of Firearm, Cultism

Court Remands Three Men For Alleged Unlawful Possession Of Firearm, Cultism

A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, on Monday, remanded three men in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly being in possession of a gun and belonging to a cult group. The…