The trial of the owner of Hiltons Hotel, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and others arrested in connection with the death of a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke, will commence on Thursday in Osogbo. Elder brother to the deceased, Gbade, made this known. “The case will come up today, Thursday, March 3, 2022 by 9am in ...
Court Cases
March, 2022
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1 March
Justice Oguntade romances Rosemary, as 17yr liaison with Dupe collapses irretrievably
Indications have emerged that the differences between the celebrity duo of Justice Adesola Oguntade (retd) and his estranged spouse, Modupe Wemimo (née Hastrup) are irreconcilable ! Currently, Oguntade, a former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and retired Supreme Court Justice, has found love and warmth in another lover called Rosemary. Recall that Dupe and Justice Oguntade’s union, was ...
February, 2022
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25 February
Evans the kidnapper, gets life imprisonment, almost 5yrs after arrest !
An Ikeja High Court on Friday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, to life imprisonment for the kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi also sentenced Evans’s two co-defendants; Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment for the same offences. The judge, however, discharged and acquitted the other co-defendants, ...
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25 February
Unmarried female police officers write Lawmakers, as Court affirms they shouldn’t get pregnant
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) seeking to invalidate some provisions in the Nigeria Police Force Regulations (NPFR) which forbid unmarried female police officers from getting pregnant. And they are seriously considering the window of constitutional amendment, since it is statutory. The aim is to approach the national assembly for ...
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25 February
Nollywood actor, Saint Obi’s 2nd marriage crumbles like 1st
Nollywood actor Saint Obi’s second marriage is going down irretrievably. They are already in court at Ogun State. He is claiming she has conspired with his brothers, Michael Amobi and Chukwumobi Amobi, to kill him. Lynda Amobi has repeatedly failed to appear in court when the case was called up, causing the Judge, Justice Omotayo O. Majekodunmi, to issue a ...
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21 February
Court says No to Abba Kyari as he Seeks Release From NDLEA Custody
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an order of court to immediately release him. In the alternative, the ...
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14 February
Igboho Files $1 Million Suit Against Benin Republic For Unlawful Detention
Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has filed a $1 million suit against Republic of Benin before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as cost of general damages for each day he has spent in incarceration in the country. Igboho, through his lawyer, Mr Tosin Ojaomo, also asked for ...
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10 February
Ogun Poly Student jail 7 mths for Yahoo Yahoo
A student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun state has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment for impersonation. The convict, identified as Adebowale Babatunde Ismail, studies Computer Science. The Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, secured the conviction and sentencing of the 24-year-old student. Ismail was arraigned before Uche Agomoh of the ...
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10 February
Ex-JAMB Registrar, Ojerinde, agrees he did fraud, seeks plea bargain
Plea bargain with ICPC would mean: “Yes, I agree that I am a thief but I don’t want to go to jail. Let us discuss how I would return what I stole. that is the situation with former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who has opted for a plea bargain with the Independent Corrupt Practices ...
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8 February
Reactions as Adedoyin rides SUV to Court for trial
A big man, ADEDOYIN involved in a murder case( simpering chap in the picture with VP YEMI OSIBAJO) was brought to court by the police in a shiny SUV , looking quite dapper and very free, with police men in tow acting more like body guards . Commenting on what happened at the court, an eyewitness said, “Definitely, Adedoyin is ...