By Our Correspondent A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Monday, sentenced 25-year-old security guard, Edu Nkanu, to seven years in prison for stealing. Nkanu, who resides at No 14, Babatunde St., Off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere. Lagos faces charges of stealing compressors of air conditioners valued at N380,000 belonging to his employer. The Magistrate, […]
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced 63-year-old Abiodun Ogundimu to 18 months imprisonment for obtaining N1.5 million through false pretence in a visa deal. The Magistrate, Mr A.J Odueke, sentenced Ogundimu to the Kirikiri Correctional Facility for defrauding Mr Akeem Olaleye, on the pretext of securing a Canadian visa for him. Odueke did not […]
By Our Correspondent The Police have charged 52-year-old Adebayo Oyebamiji before an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly obtaining N640,000 fraudulently. Oyebamiji, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge of stealing and fraud. The prosecutor, ASP Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Aug. 24, […]
A 25-year-old man, Kelvin Opuene, has appeared before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a teenager without her consent. The defendant was arraigned on a one-count charge of sexual assault. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge before the Magistrate, Mr L.J. K. Layeni. The prosecutor, Dr […]
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 […]