Tag: Court

Court jails activist for “insulting” China’s national flag

By Ismail Auwal A Chinese court has sentenced a 19-year-old pro-democracy activist to four months in prison for insulting China’s national flag. Tony Chung was convicted...

Governor Badaru’s Facebook critic sentenced for six months

By Ismail Auwal A magistrate court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa state, has convicted one Sabiú Ibrahim Chamo and sentenced him to six months in prison...

Jigawa court sentences two to death for homicide

By Ismail Auwal A High Court sitting in Ringim, Jigawa state, has on Tuesday sentenced one Jamilu Harisu to death for killing his father. Harisu was...

Court bars KNSG from borrowing N300bn from China

By Ismail Auwal A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has restrained Kano state government from borrowing N300 billions from China for a light rail...

China jails citizen reporter who alerts world about COVID-19

By Ismail Auwal A citizen journalist in Wuhan has been sentenced to four years in prison for reporting to the world about the coronavirus outbreak...

Saudi Arabian court sentences women’s rights activist to five years

By Abba Gwale  A Saudi Arabian court has on Monday sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison...

Court remands woman accused of killing her children in psychiatric home

By Nasir Isa A magistrate court sitting at Gidan Murtala, under Her Lordship Justice Hauwa Lawal Minjibir, has adjourned the case of culpable homicide filed...

Imprisoned nearly 40 years, a Michigan man is freed after a witness recanted her story

By Ismail Auwal Walter Forbes was a young college student in 1982 when he stepped between two groups fighting outside a bar in his small...

Breaking: Maina collapses in court

By Ismail Auwal The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina has collapsed while appearing in court on Thursday. Maina, who...

BREAKING: Court remands Abdulrasheed Maina at Kuje correctional centre

By Ismail Auwal A Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Abdulrasheed Maina at Kuje Correctional Centre. At...

BREAKING: Abdulrasheed Maina extradited to Nigeria

By Abba Gwale The Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday returned to Nigeria to face his ongoing money laundering...

Maina: Court grants bail to Ndume

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, who has been detained in prison since Monday...

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