The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Nyanya, Abuja has ordered the remand of a policeman, Johnson Samanja, accused of shooting a 19-year-old boy. The court directive was issued on Monday after he was arraigned on a culpable homicide charge. Johnson was charged to court over the death of the 19-year-old who was shot in October last year. The trial judge, Peter Kekemeke, ordered Mr. Samanja, 51, to be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional...

Three men who abducted a housewife and her one-year-old son at Yolde Pate in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state have been convicted and sentenced to 150 years imprisonment without an option of fine. The convicts, Layi Musa, Buba Siddiki and Shanu Kori will serve 50 years each behind bars conspiracy. The convicts were earlier arraigned before Justice Nathan Musa led High Court I on 14th January, 2021 on charges bordering conspiracy to commit kidnapping...

ADO-EKITI — An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Ajibola Odebo, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti over the alleged rape of a minor. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is being tried for alleged rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 31, in Ado-Ekiti. Akinwale alleged that the defendant defiled a 12-year-old girl. He said the...