Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a 35-year-old upholstery maker, Taiwo Opasina, charged with alleged sexual assault of his four-year-old daughter, (name withheld). The judge in his judgment held…
Russia jails soldiers who killed entire family in Ukraine
A Russian court has sentenced two Russian soldiers to life in prison for killing a family of nine in occupied Ukraine, in a rare example of the country holding its troops to account for alleged war crimes. The entire Kapkanets…
Kenya court jails Olympian Kiplagat’s killers for 35 years
A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for murdering Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat last year. After a nine-month trial, the High Court in the northwestern city of Eldoret last week found Peter Ushuru…
Court strikes out suit against #EndBadGovernance minors
Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered release of all #EndBadGovernance minors protesters in detention, a Federal High Court in Abuja, has struck out the suit against them. The court had earlier granted them N10 million bail with…
Stuart Hogg: Former Scotland rugby captain pleads guilty to domestic abuse against ex-partner
Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has pleaded guilty to one charge of domestic abuse over a five-year period against his former partner. Selkirk Sheriff Court heard Hogg’s behaviour left the mother of his children scared and wishing “for it…
Dropping charge against minors: Falana urges Tinubu to also drop case against 101 protesters
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for directing the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN, to release minors arrested and facing prosecution over their alleged involvement in the…
Lagos Headteacher, Ogba bags 2 life sentences for defiling 2 minors
Lagos Headteacher, Ogba bags 2 life sentences for defiling 2 minors An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, sentenced a headteacher, Benjamin Ogba to two life sentences for defiling two underaged girls, both seven years old. The…
Court reduces bail to N5m for #EndBadGovernance protesters
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, granted a bail variation for five #EndBadGovernance protesters, reducing the bail amount to N5 million each. PUNCH Online reports that five of the ten #EndBadGovernance protesters, who were…
Group threatens Ologbodiyan, Bode George with lawsuit over alleged attack on Atiku
A political group, Global Initiatives for Good Governance (GIGG), has demanded an immediate retractions from the immediate-past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbodiyan and a chieftain of the party, Chief Olabode George over alleged verbal…
‘Respected’ fireman’s eight vile words to 17-year-old as he crept into her bed
Edward Snook, said to be a “respected fireman”, arrived at the teen’s home drunk at 4am before asking to stay over and climbing into her bed after claiming he needed to charge her phone A “respected” fireman crept into a…