The Court of Appeal, Lagos has reserved judgement in the appeal filed by a Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, alias Baba Ijesha challenging his conviction by a Lagos State High Court over the sexual assault of a minor. The three-man panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Folasade Ojo reserved the appeal for judgement on Tuesday after listening to arguments of the appellant and the respondent. Other members of the panel are Justice Abdullahi Bayero and Justice Paul Bassi. Baba Ijesha wants Appeal court to upturn his conviction Baba Ijesha in his notice of appeal marked CA/LAG/CR/544/23 asked the…
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A Lagos court jails 32-year-old-man for defiling 13-year-old neighbour’s daughter
A gentleman by the name of Ifeanyi Bosah-Reginald, who is a notable businessman, has been charged with an alleged violation of tampering with property that was previously forfeited
Justice Akintunde Savage of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has issued a summons to the Lagos State Controller of Nigeria Correctional Services, NCoS, in Alagbon, Ikoyi. Court wants prisons explanation over Dada Aigbe The Controller was ordered to appear in court on Thursday, April 25, 2024, to clarify whether or not businessman Dada Aigbe, who was committed to one month in prison for contempt, was in prison custody. Justice Savage has also instructed the Deputy Sheriff of the Lagos High Court, Michael Alogaga, to appear in court to explain how he served the court process on Aigbe, who…
Residents and travellers plying the Sango-Abeokuta route had a bitter tale after the heavy downpour on Sunday. As against the usual flooding that they used to experience around this route, the windstorm wrecked havoc. Electricity supply affected due to damages to electric poles This time electric poles along this route were the worst hit as they were either uprooted or broken by the effect of the windstorm. A video trending showed lots of damage caused by the rain. Many vehicle owners were caught up having their vehicles damaged by the electric poles. Motorists were trapped on Sango route This resulted…
National Assembly orders the CEO of Alliance Hospital and Services, and others to face the organ harvesting charges before them
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr. Nyesom Wike, to provide documents on how they have spent their trillions of FAAC allocations since 1999. SERAP has also requested to publish the documents widely and urged the government to invite the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission,ICPC, and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to track and monitor the allocation of spending and investigate any corruption allegations linked to it. SERAP’s requests came after reports that the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, disbursed…
On May 2, Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja will rule on the admissibility of treasury receipts for the use of Agege Stadium where the death of Chrisland School student, Whitney Adeniran, allegedly occurred. During the continuation of the trial of staff and management of Chrisland School Limited, the Defence Counsel, Olukayode Enitan, SAN, to the third defendant proceeding, asked the Prosecution Witness, Mr. Yakubu Jubril, to identify some documents he claimed were government treasury receipts. The documents were dated 7th November 2018, January 8, 2020, September 26, 2016, and January 9, 2023, for payments for…
Pascal Okechukwu, alias Cubana Chief Priest, docked before a law court on Wednesday April 17, 2024 for alleged currency abuse.
At the continuation of the alleged murder trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, Dr. Richard Somiari, the 11th prosecution witness, stated that the DNA blood sample found on the defendant’s red dress matched that of the victim, Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer Super TV. Somiari, a director and consultant at the Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, testified in a Lagos High Court located at Tafawa Balewa Square. Forensic expert testifies against Chidinma Ojukwu over MichaelĀ Ataga’s death Chidinma Ojukwu, a Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, is being charged with the murder of Michael Ataga. She is being…