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Serious Matter: Housewife sues husband for 10-years of denied bedroom activity
by Isi Esene A housewife today dragged her husband, Isa Mainika, before a Kaduna Sharia Court two in Magajin Gari for allegedly denying her sex for 10 years. The woman,…
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#TrueTales: How my pedophile husband (and fellow Freemasons) abused our 5 sons
by Molly Price As an atheist, I had been taught to believe that everyone was good and had good motives. Little did I know! My five boys still have a…
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#DivorceDrama: “My wife beats me and treats me like a slave,” teary husband tells court
A 32-year-old trader, Sunday Olagoke, on Monday pleaded with the Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Orile- Agege, Lagos to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage, alleging maltreatment by his wife. The petitioner told…
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TICKER: “I don’t dance, you don’t talk” – Chris Brown’s lawyer shuts him up in court
Chris Brown is going to spend another year on supervised probation, according to a California judge who made a decision on the case. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg and thhe…
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Victim blaming: Parents of 6-year-old rape victim charged for “parental duty neglect”
by Isi Esene In Oyo State, Sikiru Adebayo and his wife, Fatimo, were yesterday arraigned before an Oyo Magistrates Court for allegedly neglecting their parenting duty which led to the…
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TICKER: FG to keep N276 million of the N1.1 billion found with man at airport – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Tijjani Sherif, the man caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, while traveling with $7 million (about N1.1 billion) to…
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TICKER: Unemployed man in court for allegedly stealing Bible
A 25-year-old unemployed man on Thursday appeared before Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with the theft of a King James Version of the Bible valued at N1,000. The accused, Ade…
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MIA: Case against Jonathan’s ‘undeclared’ 2015 ambition stalled as judge fails to show up
by Stanley Azuakola Followers of the court case instituted by a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Cyracus Njoku, seeking to prevent President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2015 presidential election were…
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#DivorceDrama: “My husband is a thief” – disappointed wife tells court
by Reuben Daba A Lagos woman, Taiwo Ogunrinde told an Agege Customary Court that she had had enough of her eight-year marriage and wanted out because her husband, Adeloba Ogunrinde…
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10 oil subsidy suspects remanded in EFCC custody
by Isi Esene Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Ikeja High Court earlier today remanded ten individuals allegedly involved in the misappropriation of oil subsidy funds obtained from the Federal Government.…
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Serial motorcycle snatcher gets 28 years in jail
by Reuben Daba On Wednesday in Lagos, an Ikeja High Court sentenced a serial motorcycle snatcher, Jamiu Rasaki, to 28 years imprisonment for a two count charge of conspiracy and…
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TICKER: GEJ now “willing to work with Henry Okah for peace”
iger Delta Minister Godsday Orubebe on Tuesday told the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that despite the grievous harm that the October 1 2010 twin bombings caused to families…
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Independence 2010 bombings: Okah’s trial resumes today in South Africa
by Stanley Azuakola As Nigeria marks its 52nd Independence Anniversary, memories of its 50th anniversary celebration resurfaced from far away South Africa. That year, the celebrations were marred by twin…
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“Do you think I am drunk or under a spell?”: Judge gets mad as suspects in Cynthia Osokogu’s #FacebookMurder get bail
by Stanley Azuakola The police has charged the suspects in the murder of Cynthia Osokogu. On their first appearance in court on Wednesday, a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court granted bail…
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“My husband prefers to make love to me in the presence of our children,” wife tells Court
by Isi Esene Adesuwa Oluwalere, a 33-year-old woman approached a Grade 'A' Customary Court Agege pleading a dissolution of her 12 year marriage to her husband over threat to life…
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See you in court: Nigeria Governors’ Forum sues FG over deductions from excess crude account
by Stanley Azuakola Once again, The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said on Thursday that it would return to court to challenge the Federal Government’s deductions from the Excess Crude Account,…
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“I never posted, received, nor authorised any money” – Akingbola in his defense
by Isi Esene Erastus Akingbola, the former managing director of Intercontinental Bank Plc. yesterday described the 16 Count Charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
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“I sold Maryam Abacha’s jewellery to purchase cocaine for her son” – Former aide
by Akan Ido A telephone operator in the household of the former military ruler, Late General Sani Abacha, who is standing trial for alleged theft of Maryam Abacha's jewellery has accused…
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Yinka Johnson re-arraigned, charged under new Lagos traffic law
by Isi Esene Yinka Johnson, the banker who was accused of killing Hammed Balogun, an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) last month in Ajah has been…
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Okada operators sue Lagos State, seek reversal of new traffic law
by Isi Esene The new traffic law passed by the Lagos State Government has drawn the ire of commercial motorcycle operators in the state and they have decided to drag…
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“My husband beats me for denying him pieces of meat,” woman tells court
by Isi Esene Mr. Saliu Busari of 9, Akewusola St., Agege, Lagos has been accused of displaying uncontrolled jealousy after 29 years of marriage to Kudirat Busari. Reports say Kudirat dragged…
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#InCaseYouMissedIt: LASTMA drops manslaughter charges against Yinka Johnson
by Isi Esene Yinka Johnson, the banker who was earlier accused by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) of running over one of its employees, Hammed Balogun, was arraigned…
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Woman hires soldiers to abduct and beat her neighbours
by Akan Ido Sukurat Aminu of No. 23, Rashidi Akotun Street, Bariga, was on Tuesday arraigned for allegedly hiring the services of unknown soldiers to abduct and thoroughly beat her…
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My wife lied to me about her age – Man tells court (and she assaults him in public too)
by Hauwa Gambo A 43-year-old man called Uchenna Nwosu desperately wants an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to end his eight-year marriage - despite the three children that it has…
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Alleged rapist set free by Lagos court
by Isi Esene A 32-year-old electrician who allegedly raped a 35-year-old spinster (name withheld) has been discharged by an Ojo Magistrates' Court, Lagos. The presiding Magistrate, M.O Shomade, yesterday ruled…
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“My wife is fond of beating me” – Man tells court
by Isi Esene "My lord, I want an end to this marriage. My wife is impatient, domineering and lousy. She is fond of beating me over any minor issue." This…
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In this together: GEJ’s Special Assistant stands surety for subsidy fraud suspect
by Stanley Azuakola One fact which has often been overlooked since news broke of the arraignment of certain individuals and companies on allegations of subsidy fraud concerns one of the…
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EFCC withdraws suit against alleged oil thieves, says the charges were “filed by mistake”
by Isi Esene In a curious twist to the fuel subsidy saga, the EFCC yesterday dropped the suit filed against four of the fuel subsidy suspects saying the charges against…
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‘Zombie virus’? Commercial sex worker charged for biting off client’s tongue
by Isi Esene A 23-year-old commercial sex worker, Charity Archibong, has been ordered to be remanded in prison by an Abuja Magistrate Court for allegedly biting off her client's tongue.…
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“Charly Boy is gay and I have the tape to prove it”
by Hauwa Gambo Charly Boy Oh dear. So in case you aren't up to speed on the entire Charly-Boy-is-gay-and-then-he-says-he-isn't-gay-and-he-is-now-going-to-sue-his-interviewer-to-court, well catch up here and here and then here. So now,…
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