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Kaduna court jails two women for wearing skimpy dresses

A Shari’a Court II, sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Tuesday sentenced 20-year- old…

Court admits ex-Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia to N10m bail, seizes her passport

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday admitted former Justice Rita…

Ondo man jailed for life for raping his neighbour’s 13-year-old niece

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a man, Seun Ayeni,…

Court jails activist, Ibrahim Garba Wala, 12 years for defamation

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama on Monday…

I cannot marry my baby’s daddy, he talks too much, 39-year-old woman tells court

A 39-year-old woman, Beatrice Agbaniko, on Thursday prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court for an…

We were married for three months and there was no s*x, says man dragged to court over ex-wife pregnancy

A 28-year-old divorcee, Bilkisu Aminu has dragged her ex-husband, Muhammad Jibril, to a Sharia…

Blind man drags repairer to court over N350, transistor radio

A 50-year-old blind man, Abubakar Umar of Sabon Gida Kano road, on Monday prayed…

Lagos landlady allegedly kills tenant for feeding her son

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a 40-year-old landlady,…

My husband is an Italian stallion worth $3m, says widow who sued govt over loss of intercourse

A widow, Cara Finnegan, has dragged the government to court over her lack of sex…

DIVORCE US! My sex organ no longer functions since my wife started tying fetish object on her neck, pastor tells court

A 61-year-old Christian cleric, Matthew Majiyagbe, on Friday secured a divorce on grounds that…

FOR EATING EXTRA PLATE OF RICE! Woman, 43, ties six-year-old niece  to a table, flogs her, lands in court

A woman has been dragged before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly flogging…

RELIGIOUS RETALIATION! Court awards hotel dishwasher $21m for being forced to work on Sundays

A hotel dishwasher is set to enter the millionaire league after a court granted…

UNRULY BEHAVIOUR! Eight men allegedly invade hospital, rob patients after doctors reject sick relative

Eight persons who allegedly assaulted hospital patients and stole six cell phones and a…

VALUED AT N1.3M! Man collects 100 bags of rice under false pretence, lands in court

A 39-year-old man, Chucks Ezugwu, was on Friday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in…

NO OPTION OF FINE! Man, 81, sentenced 25 years in prison for manslaughter

A High court in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, sentenced 81-year-old Richard Ogunbayo to 25…