The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims that its candidate in the upcoming Edo State governorship election, Monday Okpebholo, was disqualified by a Magistrate Court. EKO HOT BLOG reports that report had circulated alleging that Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar of the Abuja Magistrate Court disqualified Okpebholo over accusations of age falsification and forgery. In a … Read more
A Kano Magistrate Court in the No-man’s-land area of Sabon Garri has ordered the remand of a chemist in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the State Counsel, Barrister Zainab Aliko, the chemist, Manniru Ibrahim Fanisau, is accused of raping Rumaisa Sadiq, who was brought to him for … Read more
A Magistrate Court in Ilorin sentenced 40 individuals to a three-month jail term each on Friday for violating the Kwara State Environmental Law. The defendants, all residents of Ilorin, faced various charges, including indiscriminate disposal of refuse, encroachment, and illegal scavenging. They all pleaded guilty. Presiding Magistrate Saidu Tunde Abdulkareem handed down the three-month sentences, … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that a magistrate court sitting in Oshodi has sentenced a group of miscreants to one month in prison for extorting Lagosians in the Yaba area of the state. Earlier today, the Lagos environmental sanitation corps (LAGESC) arrested some miscreants for extorting traders and passersby in the state. Editor’s Picks FG Anticipates … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Justice O.O. Odumosu of a Magistrate Court sitting in the Isabo Area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday sentenced two persons, Adegoke Akinleye and Adediran Adewole, for stealing 404 pieces of catfish valued at N606,000 belonging to their boss, Ibukun Sanusi. The convicts, who were workers on a farm … Read more
A 14-year-old boy has been remanded in custody for allegedly killing his neighbour with a pair of scissors during a scuffle over a girlfriend. He was charged to court and arraigned on one count of murder, to which he pleaded not guilty. The court granted the request to keep him in custody until further hearing … Read more
A Lagos man has been remanded for defiling a 15-year-old girl in Lagos. Ishaya was redemanded for allegedly forcefully having s*xual intercourse with a teenager in the Iyana Iba area. According to the prosecutor, the offence committed is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. EKO HOT BLOG reports that … Read more
A former Imo Deputy Gov, Gerald Irona has been remanded in prison custody. A Magistrate Court in Owerri gave the verdict on Thursday, March 9. Irona was on Wednesday apprehended by security operatives. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Gerald Irona, the former deputy governor of Imo State, has been remanded in prison. A Magistrate Court … Read more
The MD of Fidelity Bank has been sentenced to prison by a Magistrate court. The MD will spend 6 weeks in prison, due to the MD’s violation of a court-issued garnishee order. According to Magistrate Owolabi’s ruling, the claim before the court is a summons used in an action for debt or a liquidated money … Read more
The Corps Marshal has said LAGESC are working within the law EKO HOT BLOG reports that CP Gbemisola Akinpelu (Rtd), the Corps Marshal of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, has reiterated that officers of the Agency carry out their statutory responsibilities in consonance with the law EDITOR’S … Read more
Arsonists Raze LG Secretariat, Magistrate Court In Anambra. Sources said the arsonists entered the premises on Sunday night to perpetrate the act, burning down all files, and properties in the secretariat, including the secretariat building. EDITOR’S PICK SERAP Sues Buhari For Spending N1.48trn On Maintaining Dead Refineries 2023: I’ll Replace Sharing Formula With Production Formula … Read more
The defendants allegedly conspired and stole the ₦2.5 worth fish, property of one Awolaru Olukorede The police charged the defendants with conspiracy, breach of peace and theft EDITOR’S PICK Why I Haven’t Named Those Behind Insecurity In Imo —Uzodimma 2023 Presidency: Ohanaeze Threatens Boycott Of Polls Over Zoning Niger-Delta Youth Group Sends Strong Warning To … Read more
The prosecutor prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody pending the outcome of advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a magistrate court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State, has remanded a female pastor, Prophetess Sarah Abuloye, in correctional centre over the death a member of … Read more
…the meeting would take place on Wednesday next week by 11 am at Magistrate Court 4… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Coroner, Epe District, Magistrate Mikail Kadiri, has fixed December 15 for a preliminary meeting over the death of Sylvester Oromoni. Sylvester was the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki whose death has continued … Read more
The traditional ruler Of Ogugu community in the Awgu Local Government, Emmanuel Ogbanna has been arraigned by the Enugu State Police Command on Monday, before an Enugu South Magistrate Court for perjury. In a two-count brought against him, the police accused Ogbonna of claiming on oath to be an engineer when he has no certificate … Read more