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Court Remands Woman For Allegedly Running Unlawful Orphanage

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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded 55-year-old Rose Nwachukwu in police custody for allegedly running an unlawful orphanage. The Chief Magistrate,  Eniola Fabamwo, said the accused should be kept in police custody pending the trial of the case at …

Officers Swooped In To Stop Sham Marriage Between Nigerian Student And Hungarian Woman

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This is the dramatic moment home office investigators put a stop to a sham marriage just minutes before the bride and groom exchanged their vows. Nigerian Chinedu Amadi arrived at Leicester Registry Office to marry a complete stranger – Hungarian national …

Court frees man accused of rape

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A 27-year-old tailor in Akure who abducted, raped and impregnated a 15-year-old girl was yesterday set free by a Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, after arriving at a concrete agreement with the victim’s father to marry the girl. Adeduro Ayodeji, …

64 Year Old Man Insists He Has Been To Heaven 4 Times, Draws Map

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No offence to 64-year-old Sibusiso Mthembu, but hearing his story just made me laugh out loud. Of course, the South African from KwaZulu-Natal tells it in all seriousness. And who knows, he may even be telling the truth about having …

Man sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for stealing Nokia phone worth N1,500

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For stealing a Nokia handset and N1500, a middle-aged man, Olaitan Adebayo, was on Monday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Kwara state Magistrate court, sitting in Ilorin the state capital. The convict was arraigned on a two-count charge …

60-year-old woman docked for helping son escape justice in Ibadan

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A 60-year-old woman, Helene Alabi, was on Monday arraigned before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly aiding the escape of her son, Emmanuel Alabi, from detention and trial. The prosecutor, Sgt. Foluke Adedosu, said that the defendant was arraigned …

Three men arraigned for motorcycle theft

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hree men, Abdulrahaman Okehi (28) Tunde Adigun (45) and Kolawole Ogundele (21), were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court, Oyo state, for allegedly stealing a motorcycle worth N183,000. The prosecutor, Sgt. Foluke Adedosu, said that the defendants …

Domestic Violence Threatens Social, Family Stability

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            The wave of domestic violence in all its forms sweeping across our country is disturbing and a source of serious concern to many people. Personal safety within family framework can no longer be taken …

Alleged murder: Court discharge, acquit pastor after spending nine months behind bars

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Magistrate S.K. Matepo of the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State had on Tuesday freed a 52-year-old pastor, John Jegun, after spending nine months in prison custody for an alleged murder. Matepo struck out the case, following some piece of …

Cobbler sentenced to 1-year imprisonment for stealing church tithe box

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An Ejigbo Senior Magistrates’ Court in Lagos state had on Monday sentenced a cobbler, Stephen Abiodun, to one year imprisonment with no option of fine for stealing a tithe box containing N190,000. The Magistrate, P.E Nwaka, handed down the sentence …

Banker sentenced to death by hanging for killing wife

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A banker, Mr. Theophilus Ajakaiye has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Abia state High Court for killing his wife, Theodora. DailyPost had gathered that the convict allegedly murdered his wife, who until her death was an employee …

Man jailed 168 years with hard labour for N2.5million fraud

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Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced a middle-aged man, Olaolu Salau, to 168 years imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding a Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Solomon Ayoola, of N2.5 million. DailyPost gathered that Justice …

Mother docked for allegedly stabbing daughter to death

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Edo state Police Command has arrainged a middle-aged woman, Peace Agbonlahor, before a Magistrates Court in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State for allegedly stabbing her daughter, Abundance Agbonlahor, to death with a kitchen knife. The accused, …

Man to be hanged for stabbing neighbour to death

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A High Court sitting in Abudu, Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo state had on Thursday sentenced one Sunday Ilawe to death by hanging for the murder of his neighbour, Blessing Ehigie. DailyPost gathered that the heinous crime was committed …

DPO remanded in Kirikiri prison over murder of fuel subsidy protester

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Segun Fabunmi, the dismissed Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Agege Police Station, Lagos, was on Wednesday ordered to be remanded in Kirikiri prison by Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Ikeja High Court after he was formally arraigned for murder of …

Former Oyo State Governor, Rasheed Ladoja Sues Tribune For N5bn

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Former Oyo State Governor, Rasheed Ladoja, has filed a N5bn libel suit against the African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, publishers of the Tribune titles. In a writ of summons filed by his lawyer, Biodun Abdu-Raheem, the former governor alleged that …

Court remands two for defrauding Korean

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A Port Harcourt High Court has remanded two men – Aso Adasa Morrison and Frank Biobarakuma – in prison for allegedly defrauding a Korean, Jung Yongmin of N57m. The accused persons are facing  17 counts of conspiracy, forgery and fraud …