CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of a woman, Rejoice John, alias Success, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly trafficking three young ladies to Ghana for prostitution. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke remanded the defendant, pending the hearing and…

A Shari’a court l sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna has found a 19-year-old man, Dahiru Usman, of assaulting a sex worker. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday, Usman was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to one month in a…

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial in the alleged money laundering case against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to April 3 and 24, and May 6, 2024. Justice Maryann Anenih adjourned the case for…

Convener of the #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore has been arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force on charges of cybercrime before Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court Abuja. Sowore had honoured the invitation of the police on Monday, January 27, 2025, when…

The former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Chairman of an Ibadan-based broadcasting station, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Abdulahib Fasasi, appeared again on Monday before the Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo State. The…

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, has adjourned until March 12 for a continuation of the hearing in the alleged attempted murder preferred against 20 Petroleum tanker drivers (PTD). In the suit, marked: FCT/HC/CR/042/2023, a one-time PTD National Chairman, Lucky Osesua,…

The office of the Inspector-General of Police has sued some Nigerian businessmen for allegedly defrauding a foreigner of N13.5 billion. The IGP’s suit is pending with the Federal High Court in Abuja. Rafik Akar, a foreigner, was defrauded by Victor Arinze, Yahaya Karimi, and…

Timileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, has been arraigned at the High Court of Justice, Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. He was charged with one count of culpable homicide punishable by death, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria He…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Abubakar Abdulkadir, a.k.a. Julde, an alleged terrorism suspect, to February 17. The adjournment was for the response of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN),…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has declared the Lakurawa sect and similar groups operating across Nigeria, particularly in the Northwest and Northcentral regions, as terrorist organizations. Justice James Omotosho issued the ruling on Thursday while granting an ex-parte application filed by the…