By Luminous Jannamike The Oyo State High Court has ruled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, cannot force female candidates sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to remove their hijab before taking the examination, declaring the practice […]
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By Ige Adekunle A 33-year-old Ogun man identified as Temitope Ganiyu has been remanded in prison after he was arraigned for dragging and tearing the cloth of a police officer, ASP Badejo Taofeek. Ganiyu was arraigned before Ota Magistrates’ Court […]
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has dismissed an appeal filed by telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria Communications Limited against the judgment of the National Industrial Court. The lower court awarded N5.1 million in compensation to a former employee, Mr Theodore […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Following an application by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest and extradition of a United Kingdom-based radiographer, Immaculata Ikenwankwor, to face cybercrime-related […]
A 35-year-old man, identified simply as Samuel, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into his former lover’s apartment and damaging property valued at N650,000. Samuel, whose residential address was not provided, is facing three […]
A security guard, Mohammed Ahmed, has been arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State over the alleged theft of workshop equipment and supplies valued at N5 million. Ahmed, 34, is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on […]
The legal battle over the Okumagbe of Wanno clan stool in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State has shifted to the Court of Appeal, Benin Division, following a judgment of the Edo State High Court that upheld the […]
Two commanders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (ANSARU) terror group and three of their foot-soldiers were yesterday arraigned before a Federal High Court(FHC) in Abuja for abducting Oyo State schoolchildren and killing two of their teachers. The five are Mahmud Muhammad […]
By Ngozi Njoku A 23-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Shorunke, was on Wednesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly threatening to post nude video of his former girlfriend. Shorunke, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with unlawful recording […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has signed 14 Executive Bills into law, describing the legislative package as a major milestone in his administration’s efforts to strengthen governance, institutionalise key reforms and deepen the implementation of the ARISE Agenda. Governor […]