Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Rights

October 4, 2022

Rape: Italy requests extradition of ex-football star Robinho

The ex-AC Milan winger was sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy for allegedly raping a woman in a discotheque with five other men in 2013.

October 4, 2022

Court to rule on Nnamdi Kanu’s extraordinary rendition suit October 27

Mr Kanu is asking the court to redress his infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition from Kenya by the federal government.

Nnamdi Kanu
October 4, 2022

Sharia court dissolves one-year marriage for lack of love

The wife requested a divorce, saying she was no longer interested in her one-year marriage due to a lack of love.

Kano Sharia Court
October 4, 2022

Electrician jailed 10 months for cheating Abuja businessman

The judge warned that failure to pay the compensation, would earn the convict an additional two months’ imprisonment.

Court
October 4, 2022

‘I was frustrated,’ man jailed for theft tells court

Chijioke Kingsley was arrested for stealing a Samsung phone worth N60,000.

IKEJA MAGISTRATE
October 4, 2022

Murder: Court orders Kano govt to provide interpreter for Chinese

“The defendant spoke good English at the last adjourned date of September 29. When we get an interpreter, we will finish the case in a very short time.”

Court symbol used to tell the story
October 4, 2022

Adamawa begins grassroots mobilisation to end gender-based violence

Eighty-six countries, including Nigeria, signed the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which seeks to protect women and children against violent conflict.

Domestic violence
October 4, 2022

Group seeks domestication of FOI Act in states

Connected Development (CODE) has called for the domestication of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in states to enhance development.

October 3, 2022

Court remands Ondo man for allegedly stabbing co-tenant to death

The victim was killed while trying to separate the defendant and his brother during a fight.

Court room
October 2, 2022

AMAC records 1,522 marriages, resolves 11 others in eight months

The marriages were registered officially between January and August and the 11 resolved in the same period were at the “edges of collapse”.

Wedding rings used to illustrate the story