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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…

SHAMEFUL! Boy, 23, arraigned in court for breaking into Redeem Church

A 23-year-old student, Ademola Asaolu, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates ‘ Court…

PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I stole because I needed money to treat my painful haemorrhoids, says convict

A 24-year-old electrician, Mike Okpara, who was sentenced to three months in prison for…

MY HUSBAND IS A FLIRT! I caught him having sex with our housemaid, says Wife

A Badagry Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved an eleven-year-old marriage between Risikat…

TWO YEARS AFTER KILLING HIS MOM OVER GREETINGS! Plateau court sentences 24-year-old Godwin Banchir to death by hanging

A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos, on Monday, sentenced 24-year-old Godwin Banchir to…

HE FOUND THE MONEY AFTERWARDS! Man cuts wife’s hand with a cutlass for stealing N13,000

A 50-year-old man, Olusola Ojewole, who allegedly cut his wife’s hand with a cutlass, was…

GUILTY AS CHARGED! Two men sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery in Ogun

An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday, sentenced two men Agbaraojo Abolore, 39, and Adeniyi…

I WILL REMAIN HIS WIFE! We have a blood covenant, please don’t separate us, woman tells court

A Makurdi Upper Area Court on Monday dissolved the marriage between Mr Matthew Alyebo…

OPEYEMI BADEMOSI! Court remands killer cook in prison

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a 22-year-old Togolese cook,…

SHIITE! Court denies El-Zakzaky, wife bail

A Kaduna High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail application filed by the leader…

SHE REFUSED TO QUIT! Landlord breaks into tenant’s shop, damaged N1.5 million property

A landlord, Adetoye Adebayo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly breaking into…

CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY! Court remands Pastor, two others for killing nurse

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Thursday remanded Pastor Sabastine Igwe, James Akpa,…

MY HUSBAND RUINED ME! He turned me from shop owner to a waitress at Amala joint, woman tells court

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved the 17-year marriage of a businesswoman…

HE MAY GO TO JAIL FOR SEVEN YEARS! Man sets father N10.8 million property on fire

A 34-year-old unemployed man, Ikemefuna Anyaka, who allegedly set fire to his father’s property…