Lagos High Court
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Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday convicted and sentenced a man, Adamu Francis to 35 years imprisonment for armed robbery. The judge convicted Francis after he was found guilty on a three-count charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The state had arraigned him on charges bordering on armed…
5 Mar
For negligence in account opening of their customers and failure to exercise the requisite duty of care, Justice Oluwatoyin Odusanya of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja has ordered four banks to pay N23, 050,237.54 to a customer.
20 Feb
Justice O.O. Adewunmi-Oshin of the Lagos High Court sitting at Osborne, Ikoyi has barred a client, Kayode Oladipo from making any further videos on all the social media platforms and any other news platform to impugn the character of a property firm, RevolutionPlus, and its promoter, Dr Bamidele Onalaja. The judge’s order followed an application…
12 Feb
Justice Sherifat Sonaike of a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has fixed March 27 for arraignment of the Managing Director of CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Limited, Kelechukwu Mbagwu, over alleged forgery.
8 Feb
It was a traumatic scene at a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, when Aliu Abubakar, the father of a nine-year-old boy kidnapped in the Mushin area of the state in 2022, narrated his son’s ordeal. Abubakar, the first prosecution witness, in his testimony before Justice Adenike Coker, said after the kidnappers released the…
6 Feb
Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 30-year-old labourer, Samson Saliu, to 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery.
31 Jan
Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, fixed February 16, for ruling on its jurisdiction in alleged N950 million fraud case brought against a former staff of Punch Newspaper, Olusegun Ogunbanjo.
29 Jan
The scheduled arraignment of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, over alleged N4.8 billion fraud before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja was stalled due to the return of the case file by Justice Ismail Ijelu to the Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba. At the resumed hearing, Justice Ijelu said that the…
13 Dec
Justice Adenike Coker of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced one Akoh Jude to death for armed robbery. The judge delivered the verdict after finding him guilty as charged by the state government. The state had arraigned the defendant on two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Jude was said to have…
8 Dec
Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 70-year-old electoral offender, Wahab Hammed, to one year imprisonment for vote buying and bribery.
5 Dec
A Lagos High Court, Ikeja has adjourned hearing in a $47 million loan suit between an investment company, Nichole Integrated Investments Ltd, and oil Magnate, Alhaji Sayyu Dantata and his three companies, MRS Holdings Company Limited, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, and Bestaf Trading Company Limited to December 6, 2023.
2 Dec
The Lagos State High Court at the Ikeja, Lagos has summoned the acting Director-General, National Commission against the Proliferation of Arms, Light Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATCOM), Mr Adejare Nurudeen Adegbenro to appear before it following his failure to liquidate an alleged judgment debt. Adegbenro according to the summons, is the 3rd judgment debtor in…