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How my brother stabbed our father to death with broken bottle, hairdresser reveals

A hairdresser has narrated before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja how her…

Woman steals goat to pay for ailing son’s treatment in Osogbo, bags six months jail term

A Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday, sentenced to six months prison term…

Since prophetess prayed for me, I no longer reason right, – man who beheaded, drank blood of two-year-old in church

An Ebonyi State Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 26-year-old man in a correctional facility…

Rod Stewart, 74, arrested for assaulting security guard

Singer Sir Rod Stewart has been charged by police for simple battery after allegedly…

Four Nigerian stowaways, attempting to reach UK aboard a ship, jailed for hurling faeces at sailors

Four Nigerian stowaways have been jailed for a total of seven years after hurling…

Alleged car theft: Judge gives Naira Marley ‘last chance’ to appear in court

A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has given popular hip-pop artiste, Afeez Fashola,…

Contempt: Court remands businesswoman in custody for five hours

A businesswoman, Fatimah Yunusa, was placed in custody by Murtala Nasir, a Judge, for…

Court sentences trader to one year imprisonment for stealing chicken

A 22-year old man, Yusuf Musa, was sentenced to one year imprisonment at an…

Woman on trial for stealing WAEC result

Rose Okeke, 40, who allegedly stole the original copy of a candidate’s result from…

Man who stole eggs, bread, butter to receive 12 lashes

An Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that a convict, Yakubu…

Hungry man to receive 12 lashes for stealing N1,580 eggs, bread, butter, milk

Mr Gambo Garba, the Presiding Judge of Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on…

Pastor divorces wife of 26 years for alleging he’s dating an evangelist

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved a 26-year-old marriage between Pastor…

Man, 26, beats up own mom in Lagos, bags two-month jail term with no fine option

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one 26-year-old unemployed Victor Phillip to…

Father sues son-in-law for marrying his daughter, 21, without his consent

A middle-aged man, Abdulkareem Kashif, was on Thursday arraigned in an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…

Court sacks Ooni’s second in command

The Obalufe of Ife, Idowu Adediwura, the second-in-command to the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye…