Law / Crime
Law / Crime

Usifo: Absence of witness stalls murder trial

The trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Mr Usifo Ataga, was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of a prosecution witness. Ojukwu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. She is also charged with stealing and […]

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Law / Crime

Student’s death: Court orders NCS to present Adedoyin for trial Nov. 7

An Osun High Court in Osogbo, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Services to produce Raheem Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, alleged to be involved in the murder of one Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) a postgraduate student, in court on Nov. 7. The six other defendants standing trial in the murder […]

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Law / Crime

Stealing: Police arraign 22-year-old unemployed man

A 22-year-old unemployed man, Michael Chindo, was on Monday, arraigned before an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing two generators valued at N350,000. The Police charged Chindo, who lives in old Kutunku Gwagwalada, Abuja with criminal trespass and theft. The Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Mr Joseph Abiriyi […]

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General Law / Crime

Chef docked for allegedly shielding an offender

A 44-year-old chef, Anthony Umoh, was on Friday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja for allegedly shielding an offender. The Police charged Umoh, who lives in Apo, Abuja, with screening of an offender. The Prosecution Counsel, Me Stanley Nwafoaku, alleged that on Oct. 5, at about 4 p.m., the complainant Maureen Okoloji, […]

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General Law / Crime Politics

Sanwo-Olu re-echo call for state police

By Our Correspondent Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday reiterated the need for the creation of state police in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu made the call when the Commissioners of Police Service Commission (PSC), led by the acting Chairman, Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina. He said […]

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General Law / Crime

Woman, 39, docked for alleged N8.9m fraud

A 39-year-old woman, Deborah Tella, was on Friday docked at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding her employer’s company of N8.9 million. The defendant, a company administrative support officer, who resides at 8, Akinwunmi St., Egbe, Ikotun in Lagos State, is being tried for fraud and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Odugbo, told the […]

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General Law / Crime

Child Defilement: The Need For Sanctions

By Hashim Yussuf Amao, Ibadan. “The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.” ~ Nelson Mandela The unending news of child rape and defilement is one that continues to send sadness down the spine. The need to wake up to this gory act before it festers beyond total control […]

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