Pastor Chibuike Israel Arraigned For Having Unlawful Sex Of A 9 Months Pregnant Woman

Chibuike Israel,a 28 year–old pastor, was arraigned yesterday before an Ejigbo Magistrate's Court in Lagos,for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge and stealing the sum of N250.

The accused, who resides at the Ijegun area of Lagos, is facing three-count charge of sexual assault, stealing and obtaining by false pretences.

17 Boko Haram Terrorists Arraigned In Lagos

17 suspected members of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, were arranigned before Justice Ibrahim Buba of Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday.

The Boko Haram terrorist pleaded not guilty to the seven counts of terrorism acts, possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition preferred against them.

Michael Olabameji, an Estate Agent, Jail 15 years imprisonment For Defrauding 100 Persons

The EFCC recorded a landmark victory on Monday when the court An Ikeja High Court agreed with their submissions and sentenced an estate agent, Michael Olabameji, to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding 100 accommodation seekers of N29.8 million.

Saheed Sogaji From Cotonou Gets 21 Years Imprisonment For Snatching A Bike

On Friday, one Saheed Sogaji, 28, from Cotonou was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ibadan High Court for conspiring and robbing a man of a motorcycle.

Barrister Omoniyi Ebenezer, Arraigned For Fraud, Forgery and Stealing In Ibadan.

One barrister Omoniyi Ebenezer, a practicing lawyer base in Ibadan was today arraigned for an offence of forgery and fraud at Chief Magistrate's Court, of the state.

Other offence Omoniyi, who is 49, was charged include obtaining money under false pretences, stealing and forgery. He was said to have conspired with one Rufai Ajadi, now at large, to commit the crime.

Mustapher Umar, The Bomber Of Thisday Newspaper, Who Missed 70 Virgins, Gets Life imprisonment With Hard Labour.

Mustapher Umar, the alleged kingpin of the Boko Haram sect that masterminded the bombing of the office of Thisday Newspaper in Kaduna State with 12 camp gas cylinders, has been sentence to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Lance Corporal Liam Culverhouse, A British Soldier, Faces Jail For killing His Own Daughter

Lance Corporal Liam Culverhouse is facing jail after he admitted killing his 19-month-old daughter.
In 2009 as British soldier in Afghanistan, was said to have survived an attack that left five of his comrades dead when a renegade Afghan policeman opened fire at a checkpoint in Helmand Province. Lance Corporal

He managed to escaped with his life by playing dead while the gunman stood over him. However, he lost his right eye in the incident.

Katsina APC Lawmakers Battered Each Other Over Court Order

Following the  November 1 Court of Appeal ruling which faulted the retrieval of Certificates of Return of 10 lawmakers from the state and issuance of new ones to another set of lawmakers from the state who were presently occupying lawmaking position in the National Assembly, some Kastina lawmakers, on Wednesdy, engaged themselves a rumble style, using chairs to crack heads.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on Friday had ordered that  INEC  reinstate those sacked by Independent National Electoral Commission in December 2011. The affected Law Members are Senators Abdu Umar Yandoma and Ahmad Sani Stores; those from the House are:  Murtala Isa, Muntari Dandutse, Musa Salisu, Aminu Ashiru and Umar Adamu Katsayal, Muhammad Tukur, Tasi’u Doguro, and Abdu Dankama.

Australia Highest Court Denies Civil Servant Compensation For Injury Substained During Sex Bout

On Wednesday a Court in Australia ruled that a civil servant injured during a hotel-room sex romp during a business trip in 2007 was not entitled to workers’ compensation.

The  legal battle which has been on  for six years was finally decided on Wednesday when the court decided  whether injuries sustained when a glass light fitting was pulled from a wall were work-related.

According to Vanguard  Newspapers, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal first denied compensation on the grounds that the civil servant’s injuries were not work-related.

Charles Tailor, The Former Liberian President/War Criminal, Secretly Sent To UK Jail

Liberian ex-warlord Charles Taylor was on Tuesday transferred under tight security from The Hague to a British prison where the convicted war criminal is likely to spend the rest of his life.

UK Government Set To Repatriate 267 Nigerian Prisoners

UK Government has said that it intend to send some Nigerian Prisoners UK back to Nigerian Prisons: Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and about 267 Nigerians serving in various prisons across the UnitedKingdom may be deported to Nigeria to complete their sentences under the UK’s new prisoner transfer agreement, which is currently being discussed.

Finally Igbo 'Destitute' Sued Governor Fashola For N1bn

The 76 mainly Igbo "destitute" deported to Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State on July 24, 2013 by Governor Fashola Of Lagos State Government, have instituted legal action in the Federal High Court, Lagos  against the Lagos State Government.

The deportees are Nnenna Ogbonna, Joseph Aniebonam, Osondu Mbuto, Osondu Agwu, Emily Okoroariri, Friday Ndukwe and Onyeka Ugwu instituted the action on behalf of the 76 others as Applicants, while the Attorney-General of Lagos State and the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State are the respondents.

Appeal Panel Refused Malaysia Catholic Newspaper To Use ‘Allah’ To Refer To Christian God

The legal battle between Muslims and Christians over the use "Allah"   was finally  decided by an appeals panel on Monday that declared that  a Malaysian Catholic newspaper could not use “Allah” to refer to the Christian God.

Mu’azu Lawali, A Butcher, Setenced To 4 Years In Prison For Raping an 11 -Year- Old Girl

Yesterday in Nasarawa State, Mr. Vincent Gwehemba, the president of an Upper Area Court in Mararaba area of the state, sentenced one Mu’azu Lawali, a 27-year-old butcher, to four years imprisonment without option of fine for raping a minor.

Mu’azu Lawali was convicted for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 11 -year-old girl.

The victim's parents reported the matter to the Masaka police station around October 4.
On arraignment by the prosecutor, Inspector Joseph Ahua, the accused plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced accordingly.

Christmas Day Bombing: Boko Haram Kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto Files N300m Suit Against FG

Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, who allegedly mastermind  the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, yesterday, instituted a N300 million suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Abdullahi Abubakar To die By Hanging- Zamfara High Court Judge

One Abdullahi Abubakar 37, has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his step-daughter.

The High of Talata Mafar, Zamfara passed the sentence yesterday. The Judge while delivery the judgement said that Abdullahi Abubakar is to be hanged in the neck until he is certified dead

Abdullahi Abubakar hailed from Tungar miya village in the Talata Mafara Local Government Area. He was arraigned in August 2008 for poisoning his step- daughter food with Germaline.

Barrister Mrs. Ijeoma Micah, Murdered In Her Office and Body Mutilated.

One Barrister Mrs Ijeoma Micah, of Micah and Micah Chambers was found dead, with body mutilated in her chamber in the highbrow Maitama area of Abuja, on Sunday.

It was her husband who just returned from London on Sunday that found the mutilated in her office when he learnt that his wife had been missing for three days.

Apple has Filed Appeal To Overturn ebook Prices Fixing Verdict

Report reaching us shows that Apple has filed its appeal against federal judge Denise Cote’s verdict in the ebook pricing case. Apple seeks to overturn Judge Cote’s July verdict that it was guilty of conspiring with publishers to fix ebook prices, as well as the September 6 injunction that prohibits Apple from including most-favored-nation clauses in its ebook contracts for five years and requires it to be monitored by a court-appointed external monitor.
The notice of the appeal was filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals late Thursday but the appeal itself is not yet publicly available.

Source: @Gigaom

EX Presidential Candidate Reminded in Custody For Fraud

 

 

Chief Barrister Ambrose Owuru who was the former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, was on Friday remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the orders of a Federal High Court for allegation of fraud.

Aluu4: Accused Persons Plead Not Guilty To Substituted Charge

 The Earlier charge against the allege killers of four University of Port Harcourt students popularly refer to as Aluu4, was on Thursday substituted with afresh charges when one more accused was added to the earlier 11 standing trial for murder. The newly added accused now makes it 12 accused persons standing trial for killing the Aluu4