Judiciary

IKEJA – A bricklayer, Monday Taiwo, who allegedly broke into a house and robbed a man of his N206,000 with a toy gun, was on Wednesday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused, 20, was arraigned before the Magistrate, Mrs F.F. George, on a five-count charge …

IKEJA – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a church keyboard player, Essien Bassey, 25, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl, who attends his church. The Magistrate, Mrs B.O Osunsanmi, who refused to grant the accused bail, ordered that the case file should be sent to …

LAGOS – An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday granted N50,000 bail to a 17-year-old boy, Jamiu Kazeem, standing trial over alleged gang raped of an 18-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mr P.E. Nwaka, admitted Kazeem to bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until April 25 for …

MAKURDI – Ten months after he wrote a letter accusing Benue governor Samuel Ortom of massive corruption, former Police Commissioner in Lagos, Mr Abubakar Tsav, on Tuesday apologised to the governor. Tsav had, in a 10-page letter dated May 16, 2017, which was copied to anti-graft agencies, accused Ortom of …

ABUJA – The Senate on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), with approval of five per cent levy on fuel sold across the country. This was sequel to unanimous adoption of the report on the Bill presented by Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, …

IKEJA – Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director of First Nation Airlines was on Monday granted N10 million bail by an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Odukoya had on March 15 pleaded not guilty to fraud and a N1.7 billion theft allegation against …

SOKOTO – A Sokoto Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 40-year-old civil servant, Musa Labaran, accused of raping four minors. The accused, who resides in Mabera Salame area of Sokoto, is facing a two-count charge of unnatural offence and rape. According to the prosecutor, Mr Tambuwal Abubakar, the offence was …

Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Thursday, dismissed the application by the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (Evans), seeking to quash charges slammed on him, saying they are not defective and not an abuse of court processes. Evans had asked the court to quash the two …

ABUJA – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it may declare former Governor of Plateau, Sen. Jonah Jang, wanted for refusing to honour its invitations. Indication to this was given by Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. …

ABUJA – The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to constitute a committee to look into differences between the Executive and the National Assembly and proffer solution. The resolution, according to the Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, was fallout of a meeting between the National Working Committee …