Tag: Jail Term
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20-year-old bags one month jail term for $150 love scam
A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced one Oke Gideon 20, to one month imprisonment for Internet fraud and romance scam. The trial judge, Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar, said Gideon was convicted and sentenced based on his confessional statement, his guilty plea to the charges and the exhibits tendered against him before…
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Kidnapping: Senate proposes 15 years jail term for ransom payers
The Senate, on Wednesday, moved to prohibit the payment and receiving of ransom for the release of any kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined victim in the country. This followed the consideration and second reading of a Bill by the upper chamber, titled: “Terrorism prevention (amendment) Bill, 2021,” and sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi. Onyewuchi…
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Akuapem Poloo breaks silence, reacts to jail term over nude photo
Controversial Ghanaian actress, Akuapem Poloo has finally reacted to the 90-day jail term handed to her for posting a nude photo with her son on social media. The Circuit Court sitting in Accra had on Friday sentenced the actress to three months in prison two days after she pleaded guilty to the charges against her.…
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Couple bags 40 years jail term each for N53m fraud
A couple, Ebiesuwa Abayomi Fredrick and his wife, Tinuola Idayat Oyegunle, have been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today, February 15, 2021, found them guilty on all four counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretense brought against them by the…
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Man bags 12 months jail term for stealing in Osun
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, sentenced a 21-year-old man, Lekan Usman to 12 months imprisonment for stealing mobile phones and other valuables. The Magistrate, Mrs Mary Awodele, sentenced Usman after he pleaded guilty to charges of break-in and stealing. Awodele, however, granted the convict an option to pay N15,000 fine. Earlier, the prosecutor,…
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Man bags two-year jail term for stealing boxers
A Magistrate Court in Isolo has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Tobechukwu Anyanwu, to two years imprisonment for stealing 34 pieces of boxers. Anyanwu had on Monday, November 25, 2019 stolen 34 pieces of boxers valued N30,600 at the rate of N900 each from Globus Supermarket, Ago-Palace Way, Isolo LCDA and was caught by the security…
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Xenophobia: South African police bags 32-year jail term for robbing, killing Nigerian
Austin Reynold, a South African Police Constable who robbed and killed a Nigerian, Emeka Okoli, was on Monday sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Durban High Court. The court sentenced the policeman three days after he was found guilty of robbing and killing the late Okoli during an illegal raid in the community…
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Harass your students, spend five years in jail, Senate warns teachers
The Senate on Wednesday revisited the sexual harassment bill which was sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the 8th Senate. The Bill which was introduced by the 8th Senate in October 2016 seeks a five-year jail term and five million naira fine for lecturers convicted for sexually harassing male or…
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62-year-old Congolese music sensation, Koffi Olomide bags 15 years jail term for raping teenager
International music star, Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba a.k.a. Koffi Olomide was handed a two years suspended jail sentence by a court in France for raping a 15 year-old girl, he was sentenced in absentia as he failed to show up in the court room. This sentence means that the 62 year-old music composer, producer and…
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BREAKING: Court of Appeal reduces ex-gov Dariye’s jail term
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reduced the 14 years sentence against former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye to 10 years. The presiding judge, Justice Stephen Adah on Friday reduced the charges in the counts to 10 years, while the terms with two years are reduced to one year each. The sentences…