Tag: jail
Pistorius walks without his prosthetic leg in court to avoid jail
Oscar Pistorius shuffled without his prosthetic legs through a Pretoria court on Wednesday to demonstrate how vulnerable he is without…
N8.6m Fraud: Ex-Kaduna LG cashier jailed
Justice M.T.M. Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, convicted and sentenced…
EFCC accuser, George Uboh, jailed three years for fraud
George Uboh, the serial fraudster who sensationally accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of diverting proceeds of recovered…
Adam Johnson appeals six-year jail term
Footballer Adam Johnson has formally lodged an appeal against his six-year sentence for grooming and sexual activity with a girl…
Student lovers escape jail over hotel bills
Cyriacus Izuekwe Two lovers have escaped landing in jail after they went to a hotel to have fun and were…
School proprietor jailed 10 years for defiling girl, 10
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced a school proprietor, Ibitoye Babatunde to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old…
Ex-England star, Adam Johnson jailed for six years
Footballer Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years for grooming and sexual activity with a girl aged 15. Sentencing…
Appeal Court sends Ibinabo Fiberesima to jail for 5 years
Funsho Arogundade Nollywood actress and former president, Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN will be exploring the Supreme Court to upturn…
Father jailed for defiling daughter, 9, in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice Adolphus Enebeli of a Port Harcourt High Court has sentenced a father to two years imprisonment…
Palm wine seller jailed for defiling girl, 4
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Igarra, Akoko-Edo, Edo state, has sentenced a 45-year old palm wine seller,…
Man jailed 2 years with hard labour for stealing
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Oredo Magistrate’s court 4, sitting in Benin, Edo state, Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Maxwell Oronsaye, to…
Cooperative chiefs get two year jail term for N4m fraud
The Economic and Financial crimes commission, EFCC, secured another conviction on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 as Justice A. I. Kutigi…
Biafra has come to stay, says Nnamdi Kanu from jail
The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, Nnamdi Kanu has stated that “Biafra has come to stay”…
Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…
$4,100 Internet Scam: Fraudster gets one year jail term
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has convicted Adeosun Olarewaju, after he was pronounced guilty of a…
Smuggling: Ex- Naval officer bags 4-year jail term
A dismissed Naval officer was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprison after pleading guilty to illegally escorting contrabands from…
Breaking: Registrar bags 10 years jail for aiding Fred Ajudu to defraud Gen. Bamaiyi
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo Monday sentenced a Court Registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years…
Internet fraudster bags two years jail term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 15, 2015 secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, Egbeniyi Oluwafemi(…
Shoot civilians, go to jail – IGP tells policemen
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has stated that the era of shooting civilians by the…
Pistorius released from jail, put under house arrest
Oscar Pistorius was released from jail late Monday, South African officials said, and will serve his remaining sentence under house…
Man, 37, jailed for life for raping his two daughters
A 37-year old South African man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping his two young daughters‚ Gauteng…
Venezuela opposition leader Lopez jailed for nearly 14 years
CARACAS: Activists planned new protests in Venezuela on Friday (Sep 11) after jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to…
Australian woman gets $1.6m after she was wrongfully jailed for 10 years
A woman, who was found by a court to have been wrongly jailed for 10 years for attempting to kill…
Former president’s son to remain in prison
The Supreme Court of Senegal rejected an appeal filed by the lawyer representing Karim Wade, son of former Senegalese president…
For aiding Al-Qaeda, US jails Nigeria’s ‘Ayatollah Mustapha’ for 22 years
A Nigerian accused of receiving weapons training from al Qaeda’s Yemeni affiliate and writing rap lyrics, among other contributions, for…
Bricklayer Remanded Over Motorcycle Theft
An Akure Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olayinka Omole, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 22-year-old bricklayer, Wisdom Emmanuel, at Olokuta…
Court jails 3 Mauritanians for terrorism
A court in Nouakchott has jailed three Mauritanians after they pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, a news report said on…
Don’t Be Afraid Of Jail, Buhari’s Wife Tells Patience Jonathan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hajia Aishat Buhari, wife of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has…
Egypt jails 40 Morsi backers for burning churches
An Egyptian court sentenced 40 backers of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to up to 15 years in jail Thursday…
Kidnappers of ex-Delta local council chairman’s wife jailed 51 years
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Delta State High Court in Asaba Tuesday sentenced three persons arrested and charged to court for kidnapping…