From Our Correspondent No fewer than 12 drug peddlers arrested in Kano State have been convicted for various jail terms, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). TheNewsZenith reports that the spokesman of the State Command of the anti-drug agency, Sadiq Maigatari, announced the convictions in a statement on Saturday in Kano. Maigatari described […]
From Our Correspondent An adage that all days for the thief but one day for the owner, played out recently in Ode-Aye, Okitipupa local government area of Ondo State when a farmer vier into another man’s farm to steal cocoa seeds. On Wednesday, TheNewsZenith reported that the 32-year-old farmer, Femi Balogun, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief […]
From Our Correspondent An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Monday, remanded a driver, Lasisi Sodiq, in the correctional facility, for allegedly causing the death of an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student. Sodiq, 28, was charged with driving against traffic law and reckless driving. He also faces charges bordering on manslaughter, driving without a licence […]
From Our Correspondent A 65-year-old pastor, Francis Ogu, on Wednesday, appeared before the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old domestic worker. TheNewsZenith reports that the Police charged Ogu, who resides at Umuike village in Awka, for defilement. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Chinyere Okechukwu, told the court that […]
From Our Correspondent Some female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School, Ibadan (ISI), on Wednesday, came out of a six-year legal battle victoriously to enforce their hitherto denied right to wear hijab in school. TheNewsZenith reports that Justice Moshood Ishola of Oyo State High Court ruled that female students, willing to cover […]
By Our Correspondent A 28-year-old man, Salisu Rabiu, on Thursday, requestef for an interpreter in Hausa Language to know his offence before a Federal High Court in Lagos. When the charge of conspiracy and peddling in Indian hemp was first read to him, Rabiu shook his head to convey that he did not understand the […]
From Our Correspondent A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from further denying issuing the NYSC certificate to Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State. In a judgement on Monday, presiding Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that evidence before him showed that Mbah properly participated in the NYSC programme. Ekwo […]
By Our Correspondent The landlords of Agric and Owutu in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have appealed to the Lagos State Government to obey court processes on their case. They asked Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to refrain from demolishing their buildings for any purpose, pending determination of case in court. The landlords seek to […]
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Tesla on Thursday, for allegedly tolerating racial discrimination against Black workers. In April 2022, Tesla revealed in a financial filing that the EEOC had an “open investigation” into the company. Tesla had engaged in a mandatory conciliation process with the agency. The unsuccessful process […]
A Ugandan court on Friday in Kampala sentenced a man to life in prison after he was found guilty of illegal possession of ivory, a wildlife regulation authority said. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said Pascal Ochiba was found guilty of possession of two pieces of ivory weighing 9.5 kilogrammes without a wildlife use right. Offences […]