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Lecturer Bags Life Imprisonment for Rape An Ikeja special offences and Domestic Violence court has sentenced one Kolawole Muyiwa to life imprisonment for rape. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution has proved the ingredients of defilement against the convict beyond reasonable doubt. The convict committed the offense on October 11, 2021, at Adeniran Ogunsanya…
Appeal Court In Rivers Set Aside Federal High Court Judgement Katherine Abayomi, Port Harcourt An appeal court sitting in Port Harcourt has set aside the judgment of the federal high court presided over by Justice LAMBO AKANBI, which sacked local government Chairmen elected under the platform of the All Progressive Congress in 2015. Upon the…
Court Refuses Emefiele’s Request to Withdraw from Trial, Adjourns till May 26 Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on February 26, 2025, refused an application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, asking the trial judge to recuse himself from the case on the…
Traditional Healer Gets 14 Years For Sexual Assault Of Minor Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a traditional herbal healer, Segun Shina, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to sexually assault a 10-year-old (name withheld) who was suffering from epilepsy. The Lagos State Government initially arraigned the…
Man Bags 12 Years For Engaging A 17-Year Minor In Sexual Activity A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced one Alowonle Saliu to 12 years imprisonment for grievous harm and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted the defendant of a…
Court to Rule on Continuing Emefiele’s Case Feb 26 Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Special Offences Court has fixed February 26, 2025, to rule on whether to continue with the case of embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged gratification. The judge fixed the date after listening…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $4.7m, N830m, Multiple Properties Linked to Emefiele Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and multiple properties linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele. The judge ordered the final…
Convicted Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans Offers To Forfeit 14 New Trucks In Another Plea Bargain Convicted billionaire kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, told Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at Tafa Balewa Square on Thursday that he is now a teacher at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison after obtaining a Diploma in…
Alleged Defamation, Court Adjourns Falana’s Case Against VDM An Ikeja High Court adjourned the alleged defamation suit against social media celebrity Martins Otse, also known as VerydarkBlackman (VDM), until April 15. A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin, known as Falz, had filed the defamatory suit against VDM. Falana filed…
Court Remands Man Pending His Plea Agreement Justice Ismail Ijelu of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded one Justus Joseph in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission pending his plea agreement. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a man, Justus Joseph, before an…