A Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced Salisu Idris, a resident of Gayawa Quarters in Gaya Local Government Area, to death by hanging for setting fire to a house, killing a family of three. Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, delivering the judgment, ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, convicting Idris on…
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has sentenced three individuals for theft and breach of trust. They were arraigned separately by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command, before the Ago-Iwoye Magistrates’ Court. The convicts are Joseph (29), Kazeem Tobi (20), and Adebanjo Segun (21). In a statement by…
Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has challenged officials of the Nigeria Police Force and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for preventing him from entering the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore told the officers that he was not former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, who…
