Onozure Dania
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Teacher bags life jail for defiling eight-year-old pupil (opens the original)
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The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a former teacher, Nwatu Isaac, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old pupil in the toilet of El-Bossaa Nursery and Primary School, Epe. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, found Isaac guilty of defiling the girl on March 10, 2022, holding that the prosecution had proved the offence beyond reasonable doubt. The court also ordered that Isaac’s name be entered in the Sex Offenders Register in accordance wi
Two men acquitted of land theft charges (opens the original)
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The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted two men, Lawal Ige and Ajiboye Ayinla Iroko, who were standing trial over alleged conspiracy, stealing and forgery relating to a 10.503-hectare parcel of land in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, in her judgment delivered on, September 17, 2026, held that the prosecution failed to prove the six-count charge against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt. Ige was charged with all six
Unexplained Wealth: Tightening the noose against criminals with strengthened institutions (opens the original)
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The fight against unexplained wealth in Nigeria cannot be won by legislation alone, as legal experts and public figures who gathered in Lagos to launch a three-volume work on financial law called for stronger institutions, better records and safeguards for legitimately acquired property, writes Onozure Dania How can Nigeria recover illicit wealth without turning suspicion into proof or making illegitimate wealth difficult to defend? The question featured prominently at the launch of Unexplained
How lawyer converted my Ikorodu house into factory – ACP (opens the original)
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An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Braide, on Tuesday, narrated before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja how her lawyer friend, Chinwe Onuoha, allegedly forged documents to convert her residential property in Ikorodu into an industrial factory and fraudulently secure a loan from the Bank of Industry. Braide, who appeared as a prosecution witness, gave evidence before Justice Hakeem Oshodi while being led in testimony by the prosecutor, Emmanuel Jackson. The defendant, Onuoha, alongside
Hospital seeks to stop inquest into Chimamanda son’s death (opens the original)
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Justice Aishat Opesanwo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne Foreshore in Ikoyi has fixed October 12, 2026, to rule on a bid by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operators of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, to stop the coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu, son of celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie. The hospital is challenging, among other things, the jurisdiction of the Coroner, Atinuke Adetunji, to proceed with the inquest following the cremation of Nkan
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