Chief Magistrate

A 52-year-old man, Kamarudeen Adeniyi, has been arraigned before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and stealing in the state. The Defendant is facing four-count bordering on forgery, stealing, malicious damage, and a…

Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti A Chief Magistrate Court sitting, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday, prosecuted three men over alleged exhumation of ten corpses and severing their heads.  The defendants, Kola Fatoye, 40, Abimbola…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Sunday Stephen, in Kirikiri Correctional Service for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. P.E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea…

The police on Friday arraigned a 55-year-old labourer, Michael Nwaka in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The Prosecuting Officer, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione told the court that the…

A 25 year-old commercial motorcyclist, Solomon Bassey, on Tuesday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly stealing a motorcycle worth N262,000. The defendant, whose address was unknown, was…

 A 16-year-old boy, Christopher Samuel, on Tuesday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl. Samuel, whose address is not provided, faces a two-count charge of rape and…

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a welder, Lanre Orebela, who allegedly caused the July 4 petroleum pipeline explosion in Ijegun area of the state. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Alex Komolafe, ordered that…

Dare Olaleye, a 33-year-old secondary school teacher in Lagos was on Monday arraigned at an Ogba Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly caning a 16-year-old Senior Secondary School student and badly injured his right eye. The News Agency…

A suspected hit-and-run commercial bus driver, Wasiu Salawu, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with causing  the death of a motorcycle passenger, Mr Mustapha Ahmed. Twenty-eight-year-old Salawu, who lives on…

A 43-year-old man, Rahman Opeyemi, appeared in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday over alleged attempt to exhume a corpse. Opeyemi, who lives in Alapata area, Apete, Ibadan is charged with two counts of conspiracy and…