Tag: prosecution
Court discharges, acquits Abba Kyari, brothers of non-declaration of asset case
Abuja, March 5, 2026 (NAN)The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his brothers of a...
Police arrest pastor, wife over alleged sexual abuse of minor in...
Yenagoa, March 2, 2026 (NAN) Operatives of the Ekeki Division of the Police Command in Bayelsa have arrested a pastor and his wife over...
Lagos council leader Issues stern warning against domestic violence, child molestation
Lekki (Lagos State), Feb. 25, 2026, (NAN), Chairman of the Lekki Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Engr. Bamidele Kasali, has warned...
Court sentences teenager to 21 years imprisonment for rape of minor
Sokoto, Feb. 24, 2026 (NAN) Justice Amina Modi-Yabo of Sokoto State High Court has sentenced 19-year-old Yasir Muhammad to 21 years imprisonment for raping...
Man sentenced to 20 years for killing uncle over farmland dispute
Kano, Feb. 24, 2026 (NAN) A Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Bara’u Sa’idu, to 20 years’ imprisonment for killing...
Court sentences FRIN staff to 2 months imprisonment for defamation
Ibadan,Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’Court in Iwo Road, Ibadan, has sentenced an employee of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Taiwo Abraham,...
Alleged defilement: Court orders remand of defendant pending DPP advice
Lagos, Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN) An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered the remand of a 26-year-old man, Jeremiah Chukwu, at the Kirikiri...
Waiter gets 2 weeks’ community service for stealing employer’s N99,100
Ibadan, Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN)A Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has sentenced a waiter, Babatunde Adeyemo, to two weeks of community...
Businessman arraigned for allegedly stealing cocoa seeds
Okitipupa (Ondo State), Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN) A 50-year-old businessman, Dolapo Akinkuro on Friday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State,...
Alleged N109bn fraud: ex -AGF denies engaging Paul Erokoro as counsel
Abuja, Feb. 12, 2026 (NAN) A former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, denied engaging Paul Erokoro, SAN, to represent him at the...
Alleged N110bn fraud: Transactions made in-line with CBN guidelines- EFCC witness
Abuja, Feb.11, 2026 (NAN) A prosecution witness, Olomotane Egoro, in the trial regarding an alleged N110 billion fraud involving former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello,...
My neighbour was lying in a pool of blood, witness testifies...
Abuja, Feb.10, 2026 (NAN) An engineer, Sani Yusuf, on Tuesday, described how he found his neighbour,
Arise News correspondent, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, in pool of blood...
How defendant allegedly used minister’s name to defraud lawmaker, witness tells...
Abuja, Feb. 9, 2026 (NAN) Rabiu-Rangers Abdullahi, a witness, on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that David Daure, attempted to use...
EFCC arraign man over alleged N37.4m fraud
Ikeja, Feb.9, 2026 (NAN) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a man, Otobor Onajefe before an Ikeja Special Offences Court...
Absence of defendants stalls trial of Arise News anchor’s death
Abuja, Feb.9, 2026 (NAN)The trial of 11 defendants accused of causing the death of Arise News anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, was stalled on Monday at...
Bartender docked for allegedly stealing employer’s N452,800
Sango-Ota(Ogun), Feb.4,2026(NAN) A 32-year-old bartender, Emmanuel Arowolo, was on Wednesday docked in an Ota Magistrates ‘ Court in Ogun, for allegedly stealing N452,800 from...
Arraignment of property developer, others stalled again at FCT High Court
Abuja, Feb.3, 2026 (NAN) The arraignment of a property developer, Mr Cecil Osakwe, and two others before an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama...
