AN Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday sentenced a herdsman, Ali Haruna, to two years imprisonment for grazing his cows on a farmland.The 18-year-old Haruna was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Idowu Ayenimo after he was found guilty of two-count charge of […]

THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Adegboyega Michael, the leader of the fraud syndicate which was allegedly involved in the transfer of money from bank customer’s account in a first generation bank (name withheld) through the connivance of a bank staff member, has been arrested […]

A Special Court Martial of the Nigerian Army has demoted the Director, 68 Reference Hospital, Yaba, in Lagos State, Major General Patrick Falola, to the rank of Brigadier General.The demotion follows the conviction of the Major General who was accused […]

On assumption of office on August 26, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) argued that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be stripped of its powers to prosecute, setting off a chain of reactions. He suggested the […]

More lawyers have weighed in on the revelation by the Nigerian Law School (NLS) Director-General,  Prof Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN) that some lawyers were caught writing examination for law students. Onadeko spoke on August 25 when he presented the school‘s report […]

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commenced its 2016 audit of prisons and detention facilities in the country beginning with the prison in Awka. This is contained in a statement by Fatimah Mohammed, the commission’s Chief Information Officer, and […]

A man, Jude Atuanya, who allegedly defrauded a Lagos microfinance bank of N21million with others still at large, has been released on bail on the order of a court. An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court presided over by Mrs O. A. […]