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A woman, Damilola Osilulu, on Tuesday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan that she beats her husband because she can't take 'nonsense' from him. ‎ ‎ Damilola, a trader, spoke while responding to a suit filed by her husband…

A 30-year-old teacher, Thomas Joshua has been sentenced to 28 months imprisonment by an Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos imprisonment for stealing N28,000 The Judge, Malam Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Joshua after he pleaded…

A faction of the Edo State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki and its Speaker, Francis Okiye on Friday obtained an order of substituted service on members-elect to halt the unlawful takeover of the Anthony Enahoro…

A teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl, in Ondo State. ‎ Justice Samuel Bola of the Ondo State High Court passed the sentence on Adanlawo after the court convicted him for the…

An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi on Friday ruled that four co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans have case to answer. Justice Oshodi, in a ruling, dismissed…

‎An Upper Shari’a court sitting at Kofar Kudu, in Kano, on Wednesday sentenced one Mati Audu, 70, to death by stoning after he was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl. It was gathered that Audu admitted before the court…

About one month after Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile was killed in a crash at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna, the driver and owner of the driver that knocked her down have been arraigned…

The proposed reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu on August 30, 2020 is being threatened by the execution of court judgment which ceded part of the land to one Mr John Emejulu. An Enugu State High Court had in 2017…

‎A 22-year-old man, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, was on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for committing blasphemy. ‎ Sharif was tried and convicted by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey, in Kano, for committing…

‎An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old driver, Auwal Ibrahim, to 14 months imprisonment for stealing a tricycle windshield and stereo set.‎ ‎The presiding judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Ibrahim after…