CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

The Magistrates’ Court in Apapa has freed the 17-year-old minor, Alabi Quadri, who went viral ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing in front of the convoy of a former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Magistrate Adetola Olorunfemi freed him following…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects over the murder of an 80-year-old woman in Ihiala, Anambra State. The suspects were said to have tied the victim’s legs and mouth before murdering her, after which they stole her black CG motorcycle. This…

A Sierra Leonean national, Alhaji Ahmed Shaw, was on Thursday, remanded at the correctional centre by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for alleged non-declaration of the sum of $90,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service. Justice Deinde Dipeolu ordered the remand of…

The Federal Government Taskforce on Illegal oil activities has arraigned nine suspects accused of vandalising oil pipelines in the Ogidiama community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The suspects—Anthony Peter, Nelson Joshua, Stanley Kio, Adekunle Godspower, William Don-Pedro, Aminu Suleiman, and three…

Music Artiste, Naira Marley on Friday testified before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, in the Coroner’s inquest seeking to unravel the cause of death of late Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad. Naira Marley, who joined the proceedings virtually told the Coroner,…

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is back at the Federal High Court Abuja, for a hearing of his case on alleged treason. This time, it is before a new judge, Justice James Omotosho. There is also…

A retired banker, Austen Obigwe, took the witness box, on Wednesday, in the trial of a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru and four others for allegedly defrauding Arik Air of N76 billion and $31.5 million,…

Two of the four suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the Lagos State University (LASU) graduate, Adedamola Ogunbode, have been remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Ikoyi, Lagos. The 51-year-old shepherd in charge of the Celestial Church…