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My husband is lazy, doesn’t support me, my 10 children – Woman tells court
A housewife, Binta Bello, on Thursday dragged her husband, Garba, before a Sharia Court sitting in Dorayi, Kano, seeking divorce on grounds that he was lazy and does not support
Court says Maina’s request to summon witnesses was done in haste
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, held that the request by Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), seeking it to compel some persons to testify in
Court discharges journalists of cyber-stalking crimes
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, on Wednesday discharged Saint Mienapo, Chief Executive Officer, NAIJA LIVE TV, of cyber-stalking charge filed by the Department of State Services (DSS). Delivering a
Court dissolves 8-year-old marriage on grounds of wife’s ill temper
A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Wednesday, dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between Kasim Jibril and his wife, Aisha Musa, on grounds of her hot temper. Jibril in
I was not paid to defend Abdulrasheed Maina, witness tells court
Ngozika Ihuoma, a defence witness, on Tuesday, said he was not paid to defend Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), in the ongoing money laundering charge against
Man 22, parents docked over alleged conspiracy to rape 6-year-old girl
By Onozure Dania A 22-year-old man, Ebuka Nwobodo and his parents were Tuesday arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ebute- Metta, over alleged conspiracy to rape a six-year-old
2 men, woman in court for allegedly fighting in public
The police on Tuesday arraigned two men and a woman in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly fighting in public. The police charged Hamisu Mohammed,28, Naziru Suleiman,27 and Lovely
Court remands 2 persons for allegedly stealing 2 children
An Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Tuesday ordered that two persons be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing two children. The police charged Nwibo Gladys and Emeka Nweke,
Man wants court to dissolve his 27-year-old marriage over wife’s ‘disobedience’
A businessman, Abideen Adebayo, on Tuesday urged an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve the 27-year-old marriage between him and his wife, Sherifat. He told the court that Sherifat
Woman docked over alleged unlawful detention of children
A 29-year-old woman, Kemi Mebebejoye, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State over alleged unlawful detention of three children. The defendant, whose address
