Tag: convicted
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32.9kg cocaine trafficking: 10 Thai sailors, ship convicted, fined $4.3m
. Conviction will send strong warning to int’l drug cartel, local collaborators, says Marwa, commends NDLEA officers for diligent investigation and prosecution After over three years of diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor has convicted 10 Thai sailors and…
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Baba Ijesha should be thankful for minimal sentencing – Ex-NBA vice chair
The Former National Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Monday Ubani has said the convicted Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old minor, should be grateful for the “minimal” sentence. Ubani made this known in an interview with NAN on Thursday. ”If court held that he committed…
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Ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame jailed for corruption, 157 others get state pardon
Ex-Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, convicted for corruption, were pardoned on health and age grounds when they still have several years to complete their jail terms, Presidency sources revealed
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N25.7bn Theft: Court freezes N19.1bn kept in 24 banks by convicted ex-MD of defunct BankPHB
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has made an order freezing assets and funds totalling about N19billion, allegedly kept in 24 banks by a convicted former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB, Francis Atuche.
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Controversial Ghanaian actress, Akuapem convicted months after posting nude photo with son
Popular Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Alade Brown better known as Akuapem Poloo, has been convicted by the Circuit Court in Accra for going nude to mark her son’s birthday. TheNewsGuru recalls that the actress made headlines in June last year after she shared a photo of herself completely unclad on the occasion of her son’s seventh…
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15-yr-old Fulani herdsman sentenced to death for murder
15-year-old Fulani herdsman, Haruna Usman was convicted to death by a Kogi State High Court on Tuesday. Usman was said to have been guilty of stabbing one Happy David to death following an argument while trying to graze on the farm of the parents of the deceased. He was said to have committed the crime…