Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday convicted three students for conspiring to gang rape a cousin of one of them. The court found them guilty of two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape of the victim (name withheld) at the Adangba area …
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The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a Bill for an Act to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 to increase the penalty for the offence of female genital mutilation. Rep. Ganiyu Johnson (APC-Lagos), who sponsored the bill during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday, sought imprisonment …
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Indonesian police have arrested eight men for allegedly holding a “gay party” in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, police said Monday. Officers busted 14 men holding the party in two hotel rooms in Surabaya, the second biggest city in Indonesia, around midnight on Sunday. Some of the men were …
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A 38-year-old guard, Micheal Aniefie, who allegedly stole seven cans of drinks valued at N700 was on Tuesday in Lagos remanded in prison pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, which gave the ruling, directed that the accused should be kept in Kirikiri Prisons. The Magistrate, …
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A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled. A Surulere Magistrates’ Court, which gave the order, said the man should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons until the …
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A 34-year-old man, Ifeanyi Chukwu, who allegedly assaulted his neighbour, Chibuzor Ubachukwu, was on Thursday docked before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Chukwu, who resides at No. 11 Ojoafeje St., Sari Iganmu, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of assault. The Prosecutor, Insp. Gabriel Ekundayo, told the court …
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A Federal High Court judge has ordered that the custody of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be relinquished by the Department of State Services. Nnamdi Kanu was arraigned before the court on Wednesday, January 20 on trial for charges bordering …
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