The Enugu Diocese of the Methodist Church will henceforth excommunicate its members, who are prosecuted for corrupt practices, the archbishop of the diocese, Christopher Edeh, has said.
A 34-year-old man, Samson Oyedoyin, who allegedly went to a bank to ask for his friend’s internet banking pin code, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Suspected assassins have killed a family of six – husband, wife and four children, in a pre – dawn attack on them in their home at the Atiba area of Odogbolu, Ogun State.
Presenting the couple before journalists, Hafiz Inuwa, the state Commissioner of Police, said the suspects were arrested at Ikom Local Government Area on April 26 following a tip-off.
A Reverend Sister and Principal of School of Nursing, Umulogho in Imo, Eberechukwu Nwachukwu, was on Tuesday arraigned in Owerri for allegedly defrauding 25 students of N8.25 million.
A former staff of Fidelity Bank PLC, Friday Yahaya, was on Monday arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court for stealing N40 million in total from several customers of the bank.
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mr Ilori Ayotunde and his wife, Yetunde. Ilori sought dissolution of the marriage on grounds of adultery, “no rest of mind and lack of care for him.’’
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Monday ordered the remand of one Mohammed Nura in Badagry Medium Prison over alleged rape of a 16-year-old boy.
A 23- year -old spinster, Khadija Ibrahim, on Monday, sued her father, Ibrahim Bassa, before an Upper Area Court, Karu, Abuja for not allowing her to marry a man of her choice.
AFTER a couple of kids, it used to be understandable that a woman let herself go because she’d packed on some flab from nurturing her kids. In the last few decades though, quite a lot of women are fighting tooth and nail to gain control of their weight.
Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on May 11 convicted and sentenced two siblings, Chukwudi Ugwueke and Sophia Ugwueke, to two years imprisonment each, with an option of N400,000 fine each.
A 29-year-old domestic help, Idara Archibong, who allegedly stole her employer’s N13.3 million property including jewellery, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
A secondary school graduate, Ella Egwu , on Friday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her fiancé, impregnated her and married another woman. Ella, the petitioner, stated this in the petition she filed against Abo Egwu, her husband.
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed the release of Idongesit Udom, former staff of Exxon Mobil and founder of Sure Polytechnic in Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state.
An incestuous father, Folorunsho Oluwaseun, who allegedly turned his 17-year-old daughter into a sex object, was on Friday granted bail by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court on Monday in Lagos sentenced 20-year-old Jamiu Saheed to six months imprisonment after he was found guilty of robbing a woman at knife-point.