Two brothels were on Thursday sealed in Calabar, the Cross River State capital by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, for allegedly...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday said Operation Puff Adder which is aimed at tackling kidnapping and banditry had arrested 2,175 suspects since April...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Mr Uno Michael Eke of Micheno Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal...
After series of legal trials and tussles bothering on money laundering, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has challenged a medical report tendered by embattled...
A former chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin Saad Alanamu along with the chief executive director of Namylas Nig. Ltd, Salman Sulaiman...
A Nigerian, Adili Ejike has narrowly escaped a death sentence issued by Singapore’s Supreme Court after being convicted for alleged possession of illicit drugs. The convict...
Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, will be summoned to court over allegations he lied to the public during...
A woman who secured employment with fake credentials into the Federal Civil Service for five years has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other...
The lawmaker-elect for Nwangele/Njaba/Isu/Nkwerre Federal Constituency of Imo state, Ugonna Ozurigbo, of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been sacked following a ruling by a Federal...
A suspect, Abdullahi Ali, has been remanded in prison for allegedly murdering his mistress’ husband. The Prosecutor, Sergeant Adebayo Thomas told the court on Thursday that...
The Osun State police command, on Tuesday arraigned one Mr Samson Awotidoye and his concubine, Mrs Toyin Ademola in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting...
A 45-year-old Gardner, Phillip Ononaku, who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons by an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court. The Police prosecutor,...
The Police Command in Adamawa State has arrested six suspected drug dealers operating in the state. Mr Adamu Madaki, the state’s Commissioner of Police who disclosed...
An alleged serial burglar, Shefiu John, who allegedly broke into a policeman’s house and stole three cell phones has been remanded in prison by an Ilorin...
Three men were on Wednesday sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment each by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan for illegal possession of arms. The...
A 40-year-old labourer, Sani Ibrahim, was on Tuesday, remanded in Katsina Prison for allegedly raping his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The police prosecutor, Sgt. Lawal Bello, told...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 64-year-old herbalist, Taiwo Ilesanmi, should be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly raping his two nieces....
A former member of the House of representatives, has Uche Onyeaguocha appeared before Chief Magistrate R.O. Nworka, in Owerri, Imo State for offences bordering on electoral...
A Federal High Court hearing corruption charges against late former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, has dropped all charges against him. Justice Okon Abang who...
Provoked by the absence of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen for trial, the prosecution has applied for his arrest. Onnoghen who...
An Ogba Magistrate’s Court has ordered the detention of a 25-year-old commercial motorcyclists identified as Itoro Udoh for raping his elder brother’s seven-year-old daughter. According to...
A pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry, Taiwo Idehen, and her three children have been paraded in court over the murder of a...
Federal Government’s trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, may have hit a brick wall as a Federal High Court in Abuja...
Justice N. E Maha of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused the request of Senator Dino Melaye to order the police out of...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has played host to a case of two suspects identified as Fatai Adegoke, (a middle aged man)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has come out in opposition to the position of his party’s National Working Committee (NWC), saying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a suspected rapist identified as Lawal Angala, 65, and his accomplice Isah Lawal, 19, for defiling...
A 51-year-old lecturer identified as Mr. Andrew Ogbuja who teaches in the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic has been remanded for allegedly...
An application seeking for the release of a 34-year-old man, Segun Odumeru, who has been jailed for the past nine-years without trial has been adjourned by...
An Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court has ordered the detention of a 63-year-old man identified as Taiye Ogbonyomi for defrauding a US returnee. Taiye was arraigned in two...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has ordered the detention of a commercial bus driver identified as Atake Benjamin, 52, who reportedly killed a bride-to-be, Destiny Yahaya. Reports...
Justice SBA Candide Johnson of the Lagos State High Court has ordered Rev Chris Kwakpovwe and Trustees of the Chapel of Liberty to pay a lawyer,...
For not giving her access to justice, the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay...
The National Industrial Court (NIC) on Wednesday set a date on which it will deliver judgment on a case involving the Yaba College of Texhnology (Yabatech)...
The Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, near Lagos played host to a case of a 29-year-old man who allegedly stole a phone belonging to one Noah Gbeliho...
Tragedy struck at the Ogba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, when a 41-year-old artisan identified as Wasiu Alowonle, jumped to his death from the window of Court 20,...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, was nowhere to be found, as his trial came up for hearing at the...
An Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the detention of a 37-year-old man, Agu Echezona Harrison for allegedly sexually violating his 6-year-old daughter between...
A father of three children identified as David Charles, 27, pleaded not guilty to a one count charge of defilement after he was paraded at an...
The long arm of the law has caught up with Yahaya Idris, 40, who has been arrested after he allegedly deceived, raped and impregnated the 15-year-old...
A 27-year-old woman named Mrs. Victoria Amodu who is standing trial for alleged conspiracy and armed robbery claimed before Justice Kudirat Jose of an Ikeja High...
Titilayo Adeyemo, 40, a resident of Banjoko Street, Gbagada, Lagos was arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate’s court, Lagos, on a three-count charge bordering on forgery, fraud...
The dispute among joint venture partners in Aje oil field, offshore Lagos, appears to have escalated as another partner, EER (Colobus) Nigeria Limited, has gone to...
A 21-year-old man identified as Adamu Umar has been charged to court for allegedly taking advantage of the mental illness of his neighbour’s daughter, Hauwau, 30,...
Embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer who has been dogged with controversy has been slammed with corruption charges by prosecutors who accuse him of receiving a $150,000...
The owners of a multi-billion Naira modern market and mall operated by Blue Boulevard Limited can now heave a sigh of relief after a Federal High...
Unless a miracle happens, a man identified as Aturoti Adeleke, will die by hanging after he was sentenced to death by a high court sitting in...
The Jos Upper Area Court, sitting at Kasuwan Nama, played host to a case of two herdsmen, Shuaibu Samaila, 21, and Bashiru Mohammed, 24, who allegedly...
The plight of residents of waterfront shanties as highlighted by Ripples Nigeria’s investigative report titled ‘OTODO GBAME: Lagos Govt Leaves An Open Wound That Is Refusing...
A former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, was on Monday ordered to be remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja. He was so ordered along with two...
