Tag: Convict
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Plan to grant presidential pardon to convicts underway as FG unveils advisory committee
The Federal Government is set to grant presidential pardon to convicts serving various jail terms across custodial centres in the country. To initiate the process, the government on Wednesday inaugurated the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, with the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), as Chairman. The…
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Don’t jail me, let me go home – Convict begs judge
A Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 30-year-old man, Omonile Akinbaye, to a term of 12 months in the correctional service for drug trafficking. After the conviction, Akinbaye incoherently told the court, “No send me to jail, allow me to go to my house.”
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How ex-convict raped 12-year-old Ogun pupil to death
A 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, has been raped to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by an ex-convict, Mercy Orija. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the deceased, who was a Junior Secondary School pupil at the Army Day Secondary School, in Alamala area of the state, was reportedly dragged into a house by the suspect while she…
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Court convicts ex-lawmaker of forgery
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an FCT High Court on Monday convicted a former lawmaker Chuma Nzeribe of forgery. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arraigned Nzeribe on four counts of false pretence, impersonation, forgery and cheating. The EFCC alleged that the lawmaker forged the documents of plot 1306, Cadestral zone, Maitama District belonging to…
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N450m Money Laundering: Former Minister of Water Resources to spend 3 months in jail
Ochekpe was a Nigerian Politician from Plateau State. She was the Minister of Water Resources from 2011 to 2015
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U.S. executes 13th convict under Trump administration
The U.S. government on Saturday carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump’s administration. The execution comes days before Trump’s successor Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty. Dustin Higgs, 48, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST (0623 GMT), the federal Bureau of…
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BREAKING: Court convicts two over fuel subsidy scam
A Lagos High Court has convicted Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha Ugo-Nnadi, and their company Ontario Oil and Gas on an eight count amended charge of fuel subsidy fraud. The defendants were found guilty on each of the eight counts. The third defendant, Babafemi Fakuade, was, however, discharged and acquitted. Details later…