•The suspects A Magistrate Court sitting in Bolade Oshodi yesterday remanded 34 persons in prison custody till July 22, 2025 for engaging in street trading along the median of the Alaba Rago, Ojo, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The arraigned persons made up of 32 males and two females were arrested over the weekend in an […]
An Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure has ordered the remand of a man, Adekolajo Aladeseye, in prison for allegedly installing himself and parading himself as the monarch of Ijare in the Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The 67-year-old man was arrested yesterday by the state police command for crowning himself [&hell...
•Indian policemen A Nigerian woman, Margret Mgbudom, has been arraigned before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, on charges of importing cocaine valued at Rs 1.49 crore. According to The Indian Express, Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted the illicit substance — estimated to be worth N256 million — l...
The Federal High Court in Lagos today ordered the remand of three workers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in the custody of the Department of State Security Services for allegedly assaulting its officers. The three lawmakers — Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle, and Fatimoh Adetola — were directed to remain in DSS custody pending [&hellip...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court has remanded a lawyer, Chinwe Onuoha, in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over alleged forgery. Onuoha would remain in the custody of the female section of NCoS, Kirikiri pending the hearing of bail application, reports The Nation. The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) yesterday ar...
•Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Susaine Morgan, over an alleged assassination attempt on the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on new year day. The suspect i...
•Timilehin Ajayi at Nasarawa State High Court today A Nasarawa State High Court has ordered the remand of an acclaimed gospel singer, Timilehin Ajayi, who was caught with the severed head of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. The remand was contained in a short statement posted on the X page of the […]
•Hamzat and Naomi A Chief Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered the remand of three key figures in connection with last week’s tragic stampede at Bashorun Islamic High School. The individuals include Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi, the school’s principal; Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, the proprietor of Agidigbo FM; and Naomi Silekunola, the estrang...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello Justice Maryann of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending his bail application. Justice Anenih also adjourned the hearing in the N110 billion money laundering case brought against him by the Economic...
•Dele Farotimi A Magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over an alleged case of defamation against the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola. Farotimi was arraigned by Ekiti State Police Command for publishing a book “Nigeria and its Cri...

