Tag: imprisonment
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Senate summons CG Prisons over imprisonment of under-age
The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Controller-General, Prisons, Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru, to appear before its Committee on Interior, to explain why under-age offenders and infants should be confined with adults in the nation’s prisons. The upper chamber also urged various security agencies involved in the arrest and detention of juveniles to ensure that they were…
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JUST IN: Court sentences Developer to 2,670 years imprisonment for duping 133 tenants
An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, has sentenced a property developer, Alhaji Ayobami Oseni, to 2,670 years imprisonment for duping 133 accommodation seekers of N25 million. Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji convicted Oseni following his plea of guilty to 267 counts of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretenses and stealing. He sentenced Oseni to 10 years…
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Falana knocks police over Melaye’s arraignment, imprisonment
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday criticized the Nigeria Police for arraigning Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye in court on a stretcher. Falana said in a statement on Thursday that the degrading and humiliating treatment meted out to Melaye was a violation of his fundamental human right. The senior advocate said, “The arraignment…
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Vietnam Court sentences Nigerian man to 18 years imprisonment over import scam
A Southern Vietnam court has sentenced a Nigerian to 18 years in prison over a fake customs enforcement scam, state media reported on Friday. Michael Ikechukwu Leonard, 45, was convicted on Thursday of “deceiving others to steal their assets” in a scam which targeted wealthy Vietnamese women. The court in Can Tho city determined that…
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BREAKING: Kebbi Accountant General, Dakingari sentenced to 70 years imprisonment over N1.6bn Fraud
The Court of Appeal Kebbi Division has sentenced a Kebbi State Accountant-General Mohammed Dakingari, to 70 years imprisonment after finding him guilty of N1.6bn fraud. A Kebbi State High Court had earlier discharged & acquitted Dakingari, but Court of Appeal today overruled it & upheld appeal of #EFCC. https://t.co/r4TxDsAcQj — EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) October 20,…
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40-year-old serial pedophile bags 8 years imprisonment for defiling two minors
By Murphy Aigbe, Bayelsa A Magistrate Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentence a 40-year old man, Goodness Ogiode to 8 years imprisonment over two count charges of unlawful carnal knowledge of two minors. The serial Pedophile, an indigene of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area Council, who reside along Sandfill area of Kpasia community, was arrested…
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Guard to spend 4 months in prison for `sleeping on duty’
A security guard who left his duty post for the comfort of his bed has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja. The court sentenced the security guard, one Zakaria Jacob, to four months imprisonment for sleeping at his duty post, when thieves burgled his employer’s premises. Jacob,…