Magistrates’ Court

A Magistrate’s Court, sitting at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MMIA), in Kano State, has sentenced Kannywood actress, Sadiya Haruna, to six months in prison without an option of fine. Recall that Sadiya Haruna had been…

Anthony Iwuoma Residents of Minna, Niger State capital are horrified by the death of a former school principal, known as Madam Comfort Jiya. The woman was allegedly set ablaze by her own son said to be a drug addict. The deceased…

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State may have admitted the allegations from some embattled lecturers of Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, that “he (Abiodun) orchestrated their arrest, detention and arraignment.” The…

An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ilaro, has ordered that 13 Oro adherents, who allegedly attacked Muslims and Christians in the Idi-Iroko area of the Ipokia Local Government Area of the state be remanded in prison. The Oro…

A 37-year-old guard, Wasiu Orilonise, has publicly confessed that he raped his 15-year-old daughter for verification of her virginity and protection. Wasiu who appeared in Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, however, appealed…

South African prosecutors on Thursday provisionally withdrew corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma, the son of former president Jacob Zuma. Duduzane Zuma faced charges of corruption and conspiracy to commit corruption related to his…

Five men were on Thursday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State over alleged theft of aluminum sheets worth N20 million. The accused – Ogungbemi Seun, 24; Sunday David, 24; Frank Obi, 25; Sunday Joseph, 34 and Akande…

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a 32-year-old man, Victor Martin, at Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old boy through the anus. The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, while refusing to take the plea of…