Tag Archives: criminal law

A landlady, Musli Tiamiyu, broke into her tenant’s apartment and threw out his property in the rain in a bid to evict him, the prosecution told an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The 44-year-old trader, who resides at 10, Olorunshola St., Ojodu, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for burglary, damage, stealing and assault. Police Prosecutor Innocent Odugbo said the ...

Lagos – A 22-year-old man, John Kujes, who allegedly stabbed his co-tenant, Tony Jaosu, with an arrow on the shoulder, was on Thursday brought before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Kujes, a resident of Abule Ado area of Lagos, is facing a charge of assault, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Sgt. Olusegun Kokoye, told the court that ...

“The Lagos State government yesterday arraigned the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited, Mr. Richard Nyong, before a Lagos High Court in Igbosere over alleged complicity in the events leading to the collapse of a building in Lekki area of the state on March 10, 2016.”- The Guardian Nyong was arraigned alongside others before Justice Sybil Nwaka over alleged ...