Tag: jail
Man jailed for life for Newham murder
After Kamali’s arrest on 16 August a search of his home led to the discovery of a pair of bloodstained…
How issuing of dud cheque lands businessman in jail
Justice B.M. Shinkafi of the Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau, has convicted one Mohammed Aliyu for the offence…
Unemployed man goes to jail for stealing phone inside mosque
Yusuf Mojeed, a 30-year-old unemployed man was on Wednesday sentenced, by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, to one year…
Father of new-born bags three months Jail
A 39-year-old internet fraudster whose wife put to bed while he was in custody, Abada Bourdillon, was on Wednesday sentenced…
Man goes to jail for N1.640m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday secured the conviction of one Mohammed Mohammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya…
Ex-Ebonyi Perm.Secretary bags 7-day jail term
An Ebonyi Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki on Friday sentenced one Mr Simeon Nwodo, a retired Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi,…
UAE to jail men catcalling, staring, winking at women
Any gesture that makes a woman feel violated and uncomfortable – from catcalls to long stares and dropping phone numbers…
Cook bags 14-year jail term for beating brother to death
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has jailed a cook, Janet James for 14 years for beaten her eight-year-old brother,…
Indian Hemp peddler in Ibadan to spend 5 years in jail
Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Monday sentenced one Saheed Mudashiru to five years in prison…
How grammar saved 2 drug dealers from going to jail
Two alleged drug dealers have every reason to thank their stars as they were spared jail term after a judge…
For stealing tricycle, Mechanic gets 5-month jail term
An Upper Customary Court in Kaduna, on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old tricycle mechanic, Inuwa Sauri, to five months in prison…
Barca move: Neymar to be jailed?
A Spanish magistrate leading an investigation into alleged irregularities in Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013 said Wednesday the Brazilian…
Two soldiers sentenced to 5-years for abduction
The Nigerian Army General Court Martial sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced two soldiers, Sgt. Aliyu Hassan and Cpl. Bello Nasiru,…
Budapest Nail Bomber sentenced to life in jail
A man who planted a Nail bomb in Budapest two years ago, wounding two Police Officers, was sentenced to life…
Reuters reporters sentenced to 7 years in prison
A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them…
Former police officer sentenced to 15 years for killing teenager
Texas jurors sentenced former police officer Roy Oliver to 15 years of jail for murdering a black teenager, local media…
Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif develops health complications in jail
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has developed health complications in jail and should be shifted to a hospital, a…
Ex-South Korean president Park sentenced to 8 more years
A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her…
Former vice governor sentenced to 15 years for bribery
Yu Haiyan, former vice governor of China’s Gansu Province, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined 6 million…
Students jailed 2 years for unlawful possession of firearms
A Plateau Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday, sentenced two students of the Federal College of…
Pakistan’s ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption
A court in Pakistan on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail in a corruption…
Hemp trafficker jailed for 12 months
A 30-year-old man, Paul Asikawili, is to spend the next 12 months in jail for drug trafficking, according to a…
2 drug traffickers sent to jail for 5 months
For trafficking in hard drugs, two men — Femi Oloye and Ayomide Oladiti — were on Tuesday sent to jail…
Japan’s senior citizens commit crimes because they want to go to jail
Japan is constructing special prison wards just for elderly inmates to address the record number of crimes committed by senior…
Man jailed 5 months for snatching handbag
An FCT Area Court, on Monday, sentenced 27-year-old Ibrahim Abdullahi, to five months imprisonment for snatching a lady’s handbag. The…
Italy’s highest Court upholds 16-year jail sentence for Captain Concordia
Italy's highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence given to the captain of the Costa Concordia, which capsized in…
2 men jailed for criminal conspiracy
A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court on Thursday sentenced two men – Stephen Vagi, 31, and Tersoo Adoon, 28 – to six…
Farmer Jailed 8 Years
A Katsina State High Court sitting in Malumfashi on Wednesday sentenced a farmer, Yusuf Abdullahi of Baraunku village in Kankara…
Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman to remain in prison till July 4
Two former ministers and directors of Media and Finance respectively of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Organisation in the…
Jalekun Yisau, 9 others jailed 17 years for N115m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on June 17, 2016 secured the conviction of one Jalekun Omitawoju Yisau and…