An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday acquitted a 26-year-old cleaner, Charles Etuk of defilement as the alleged 13-year-old victim failed to testify. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that there was no direct evidence linking the defendant  to the alleged crime to warrant a conviction. “There is no circumstantial or direct evidence linking the defendant to the crime. The victim did not testify in this case and the evidence of Sgt....

Justice   Olasumbo Goodluck of an FCT High Court, Maitama on Tuesday discharged Sen. Dino Melaye who was accused of providing false information to the police. The  Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) charged Melaye with two counts of giving false information to the police. Delivering a ruling in a no-case -submission filed Melaye, Justice  Goodluck held that on count one, there is no evidence that the defendant gave false information to any person in public service. She...

A 16-year-old girl, Tina Ezekwe, who was allegedly shot dead by policemen at the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos on Monday, sparked uproar on social media on Friday following a video released by Oworo TV on Twitter showing Tina’s lifeless body being carried by an angry crowd. The video prompted #JusticeforTina on the microblogging platform and celebrities, including Adesua Etomi and Beverly Naya, joined the call for justice for the girl who was planning to...