Judiciary

A United States District Court in Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release records relating to the criminal investigation of President Bola Tinubu over alleged drug…
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Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.S. Adeyemi, K.B. Olawoyin, G.A. Sunmonu of the Oyo State High Court and Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan. Oyo State, have convicted and sentenced thirty-two persons to prison for…
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The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, arraigned Jude Okoye Chigozie, elder brother and ex-manager of Paul and Peter Okoye of the defunct P-Square music group,…
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has upheld the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso, overturning an earlier ruling that nullified his appointment. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Yargata…
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A Grade I Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved the four-year-old marriage between a man, Shuiba Abdullahi and his wife, Aisha Abdullahi, on the grounds of the latter’s bad character. Shuiba in his…
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Convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, on Thursday, told the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja that he had repented from his criminal activities and had applied to the Lagos State Government for mercy. Evans who…
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Oyo State Family Court 2, Iyaganku Ibadan has adjourned a case of alleged sexual exploitation of a ten year old girl by Ibadan skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, also known as Trinity Guy. At the resume hearing on the case, the defence…
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Ten armed robbery suspects have appeared before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Oyo town, facing a twelve count charge of robbery while armed with guns and other dangerous weapons. The accused persons and others now at large were…
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For inflicting severe cutlass attacks on a man in Afijio local government area of Oyo state, a cattle herder, Tijani Abubakar has bagged six months jail sentence at a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Oyo town. Police prosecutor, Abel…
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The trial of a former Chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi popularly called Auxiliary, on Thursday, suffered another adjournment as his counsel raised objection to the call of one of the witnesses at the state…
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