Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Magistrates Court

February 12, 2025

Lagos: Policeman arraigned, remanded in Kirikiri for defiling 17-year-old inside station

The teenage girl was said to have gone to the station on June 29, 2024, to report about her stolen phone.

Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency
February 15, 2024
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January 23, 2024

Police arraign man for assault

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge

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December 23, 2023

Ondo drags septuagenarian, 14 others to court over alleged kidnapping, murder

The state prosecutor urged the magistrate to remand the suspects at the Olokuta Correctional Centre.

Gavel
December 3, 2023

Housemaid’s son kills retired teacher after being caught stealing

“Thereafter, I hit her repeatedly on the head until she fell and died.”

IKEJA MAGISTRATE
February 2, 2023

Ondo pastor lands in court after faking own obituary to avoid debt payment

Mr Akao said the clergyman falsely published and posted his obituary on WhatsApp after he sent a fake alert – knowing fully that he did not have such an amount in his bank account.

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January 4, 2023

Two men caught with firearms in Kaduna

They were nabbed in the Rigasa area of the state on their way to Zaria to meet their gang leader named Garba for a robbery operation, the court further heard.

WEAPONS
April 1, 2021

Court sentences man to 18-month jail for electricity theft

The convict consumed 5,500 KWH of energy for 15 months without payment.