Lagos High Court
19 Apr
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, fixed May 2, for ruling on the admissibility of treasury receipts for the use of Agege Stadium where the late student of Chrisland School, Whitney Adeniran died.
26 Mar
Abule Ayi Community Development Association in Ijedodo Town, Lagos has dragged the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) before a Lagos High Court for alleged high billing and failure to provide pre-paid meters to the members of the community.
21 Mar
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has been told how alleged kidnappers collected ransom from relatives of abducted nine-year- old boy at Ojuelegba, area of the state.
19 Mar
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…
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