Court sentences man to prison for selling from Abuja mosque
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, sentenced one Nasir Idris to 15 months imprisonment on Thursday for stealing a fan and praying mat […]
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15 drug kingpins bagged 168 years imprisonment in 2023 – NDLEA
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said a total of 15 drug kingpins, out of the 3,412 drug offenders successfully prosecuted and convicted […]
Army Court sends General to prison, orders refund of stolen N3bn
The Nigerian Army Special Court Martial on Tuesday, convicted a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed to […]
NAPTIP celebrates as court jails 62-year old trafficker for 12 years
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has expressed appreciation at Tuesday’s sentencing of a human trafficker, Felicia Osaigbovo to […]
Lawyer to late customs boss, Dikko, bags 7-year jail term for N1.1bn fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to […]
Man bags life imprisonment for defiling 11-year-old pupil
An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday,sentenced a man, Stephen Francis to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old primary four pupil in […]
Man bags 14 years imprisonment for attempted theft from Ogun court
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, sentenced a 21-year-old man, Abeeb Magaji, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to steal from the court’s premises in […]
U.S. court sentences Hushpuppi to 11 years imprisonment
A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced […]
Kwara student bags 6 months imprisonment for $9,891 fraud
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday convicted one Basheeru Seyi, a student of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin for offences bordering on internet fraud. […]
Woman confesses to lying against man who was imprisoned for 20-years for rape
A Zimbabwean woman who lied about a man having unlawful carnal knowledge of her has confessed, stating that she was under pressure. The man identified […]
Judge sends human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, has sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison. Mr Effiong who is handling a […]
Timeline of Nollywood actor Baba Ijesha’s sexual assault trial
A video clip showing popular Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) sexually assaulting a minor went viral on social media. The 14-year-old is a […]
Court jails man for putting detergent into patient’s drip
A 32-year-old man was sentenced to three years in prison for putting liquid bathroom cleaner into the intravenous drip line of another patient for unclear […]
France court jails Rwanda driver for 14 years over genocide
A French court on Thursday sentenced a former hotel driver to 14 years in jail over complicity in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide for involvement in transporting […]