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 A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Balarabe Salisu, who allegedly sodomised his 20-year-old wife, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice. The police charged Salisu who is ‘deaf and dumb’,…

Sunday Anani, the Togolese cook, who was arrested over the murder of Ope Bademosi, chairman of Credit Switch Technology, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentence was delivered by an Igbosere high court in Lagos on Tuesday.…

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday ordered that six men, who allegedly hacked a police officer to death, be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).…

The Committee for The Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) on Thursday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to decongest the prisons in the state before he leaves office on May 29. The Lagos State Chairman of CDHR, Mr Alex Omotehinse, made the plea…

An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court ordered that a 29-year-old man, Bareehu Orolade, accused of allegedly stabbing his friend with a scissors during an argument over whose wristwatch was more expensive be remanded in prison, pending legal…

A 28-year-old pastor, Seyi Adelana, who allegedly defiled two boys was on Thursday remanded at Kirikiri Prison in Lagos State, on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. When the case was called up, the magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi…