Tag: Jail
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Footballer sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for stealing
An upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old footballer, Chimezie Friday, to two years imprisonment for conspiracy, trespass and stealing. A panel of two magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, who sentenced Friday after he pleaded guilty to the offences, however, gave him an option of N80, 000 fine.…
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Ghanaian actress in nude picture scandal, Akupem Poloo denied appeal, returns to jail
Popular Ghanaian actress, Akupem Poloo on Wednesday was sentenced to return to prison to begin her 90-day jail term. This was decided after the High Court in Accra dismissed an appeal filed by her lawyers which sought to challenge the 90-day jail term handed to her by the Accra Circuit Court on April 16 this…
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Man bags life sentence for defiling 10-year-old
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced Friday Imoh, a 43-year-old auto-mechanic to life imprisonment for defiling his 10-year-old neighbour. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Imoh after finding him guilty. He was found guilty of two counts of defilement of a child and threatening violence contrary to Sections 137…
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FG gives update on Oyo jail attack
The Federal Government says operatives have recaptured some of the inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abolongo, Oyo State.
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BREAKING: Femi Fani-Kayode escapes going to jail
Femi Fani-Kayode escapes going to jail
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Jarrar and Meng: Unrelenting women walk out of jail – Owei Lakemfa
TWO women in the last six days have walked out of jail, unrepentant, heads held high, dignity in place
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How I almost landed in Paris jail over fake Euro notes Nigerian bank sold me- Ejine Okoroafor
Budding actress, Ejine Okoroafor has recounted that she narrowly escaped being sent to jail in Paris over some counterfeit Euro notes that were sold to her by a ‘reputable’ Nigerian bank. The actress took to her verified Instagram page to share her challenge, stating that on that particular day, she was ‘ashamed to be a…
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U.S. court jails Nigerian for $2.5m romance scam (Photo)
A United States court in the Northern District of Oklahoma on Friday sentenced a Nigerian, Afeez Adebara, to four years in prison. Adebara bagged the jail term for managing a group of money launderers in an online romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including elderly individuals across the U.S., and caused losses of at least…
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Female Micro Finance Bank Managing Director to spend five years in jail for fraud
Justice M.M. Abubakar of Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi on August 11, 2021 convicted and sentenced Sarita Aliyu Bello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, to five years imprisonment on a two-count charge bordering on misappropriation and forgery brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The offence is contrary to Section…
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Jail decongestion: Aregbesola begs governors to sign death warrants of 3,008 inmates
The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has asked state governors to sign the death warrant of 3,008 inmates on death row at custodial facilities across the country as part of decongestion strategies. Aregbesola said this in Osogbo, Osun State on Friday while inaugurating the newly constructed headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS in…