The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, gave the order after Obonna of Jabi, Abuja, pleaded not guilty to a count charge of theft.
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The accused was arraigned on a two-count charge of fraudulently procuring two under-aged children (five years and seven years respectively) from their parents in Zanzo Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Chief Magistrate, F. A. Azeez, who gave the order, said the accused should be remanded in prison pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.
The accused was arraigned for unlawful and indecent assault, unlawful sexual intercourse and penetrative sex with a minor.
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Oloko told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that some
other Nigerians were also arrested for engaging in drug trafficking and
other criminal offences that had led to their detention.
Haruna Kamara, the state NLC Chairman, who led a delegation of the group on a visit to the Gombe prison on Wednesday, also donated food items to the inmates.
State prosecutors described the defendant as a “seemingly pleasant” woman who turned out to be a “serial killer” who was “ice cold” in murdering the three victims.
The 44-year-old was convicted of bigamy, forgery and unsworn falsification to authorities as he married the young lady without first divorcing her mother.
The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, who ordered the remand, said that the case file be duplicated and forwarded to the State Director of Public Prosecutions as the defendant ought to be arraigned in a high court.
A statement signed by Emeka Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Prisons command in the state, and issued in Enugu on Sunday, said the convicts escaped from the prison around 11pm on Friday.
The legs of a woman, whose body was cut in half around the groin area, were found in a dumpster in the upmarket residential neighbourhood of Parioli.
The incident, the News Agency of Nigeria reports, happened on August 12, 2013, at Odo Usi Street, Awo Road, Igede-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Karim and six others, aged 24 to 27, were tried on charges of taking part in an Islamist recruitment network and receiving training from the Islamic State group, whose strongholds in Iraq and Syria are being bombed by French fighter jets
The contractors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Prison Service Ration and Gas Contractors, stressed that if urgent measure is not taken to settle the backlog of the debt, they might not be able to supply food items and gas in December as they have exhausted not only their financial resources but also the sources where they have been getting the money
An 84-year-old woman, whose two foster sons have been in Ikoyi Prison in Lagos State since last year, has implored…
According to Giade, the NDLEA had no business taking care of an accused once the person had been arraigned and remanded in prison custody
Delivering judgment, Ojuromi said: “After listening to all the evidence before the court, it is established that the accused is guilty of all the offences
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The Prosecuting Counsel, Gloria Nyang, alleged that the accused, Umaru Ibrahim, 33; and Saidu Muhammed, 30, committed the offences on October 24 at Ogbere, Ijebu-East Local Government Area of Ogun State