Chief Magistrate

 A 27-year-old woman, Nelly Antai, who allegedly tied up her boyfriend’s nine-year-old son and poured raw pepper on him, on Friday appeared in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Antai, who lives with her boyfriend at No 11,…

Taorid Adurogangan, a 40-year-old travel agent, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N899,000 from a man on the pretext of procuring him a French Visa. The defendant, a resident of Shogunle…

A  tricycle rider, John Fabunmi, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly beating  a personnel of  the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and dragging him into a gutter  while on duty. Fabunmi, who…

A 38-year-old tailor, Idris Sanusi, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for alleged assault on an Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company,(IKEDC) staff. Sanusi, who resides at No.23, Bakare St.,…

A 76-year-old woman, Olabisi Olowoopejo, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly exhuming her late husband’s corpse from where it was buried. The defendant, a resident of No. 47 Afariogun St., Oshodi in…

The police in Ogun on Thursday charged 14 suspected secret cult members  before an Ota Chief Magistrate Court. The accused are: Babatunde Samson, 21; Wonsebolatan Mohammed, 21,Kola Adebayo, 42, Bamigbade Adekanbi, 21, Hammed…

 An Ebonyi  Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki on Friday sentenced one Mr. Simeon Nwodo, a retired Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi State, to seven days’ imprisonment without an option of fine. Nwodo had served with the state Ministry…

An AIICO Insurance Manager,  Francis Aniamalu, on Friday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for  allegedly defrauding some customers of N9.4 million. Aniamalu, 36, is facing charges of conspiracy,…

 An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan on Friday ordered that three men , who allegedly set the Federal Road Safety Corps ,(FRSC) office at Moniya, on fire be remanded in prison. The police charged Sherif Taofeek. 33;…

A 42-year-old man, Amstrong Ibe, on Tuesday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly beating up a police sergeant while on duty in a hotel. Ibe, whose address was not given, is charged with assault,…