Tag: Jail
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Photos: Ex-lawmaker, Farouk Lawal being led to prison after bagging seven-year jail term
It was an unexpected end for Farouk Lawan on Tuesday when he appeared before Justice Angela Otaluka of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Lawan, a former chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy, was accused of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola while probing…
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Empire star Bryshere Gray sentenced to jail for domestic violence
Popular American actor, Bryshere Gray, who interpreted the role of Hakeem Lyon in Fox’s Empire series, has been said to have entered a guilty plea in his domestic violence case. As part of his plea agreement, per the latest report, Gray will be mandated to spend a short-term period in jail. Complex.com gathered that Gray…
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Officials, inmates give different reasons for attempted jail break foiled in Kano prison facility
Officials and inmates were this morning embroiled in arguments over what caused the attempt by some inmates to foment trouble and escape from the Kano Central Prison, Kurmawa, which was foiled yesterday evening. The incident occurred, TNG gathered, when some “condemned inmates” numbering about 150 staged a protest that officials should allow them to consume…
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Businesswoman bags 2 months imprisonment for breach of trust
A Shari’a Court in Rigasa, Kaduna, on Tuesday, sentenced a businesswoman, Hadiza Rilwanu, to two months in the correctional facility for fraudulently obtaining 25 pieces of Ankara fabrics and five bedsheets. The judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar Tureta, convicted Rilwanu after she pleaded guilty to the two count charge of criminal conspiracy and breach of trust.…
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Nigerian Imam to spend 10 years in jail for defiling 12-year-old Ghanaian girl inside Mosque
Anon-governmental organization (NGO), End Modern Slavery of Engage Now Africa (ENA) has helped to secure justice for a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly defiled by an Imam at Mameng, a village at Kwahyia in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Justice Effia Addison sentenced the Imam, named Ishmaila Salam, a Nigerian, to 10 years imprisonment with…
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American rapper, Bobby Shmurda released from prison after 6 years
American rapper Bobby Shmurda has been released from prison, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has confirmed. TMZ reported that the “Hot Ni***” rapper was released from the Clinton Correctional Facility just before 8:30 local time on Tuesday morning. In a statement, NYS DOCCS said, “At approximately 8:30 this morning, Ackquille…
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Popular Lagos pastor, Ogundipe sentenced to jail for unlawful conversion, stealing N14m, £12,000
A popular televangelist and the head Genesis Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alagbado, Lagos, Isreal Ogundipe, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for unlawfully converting a woman’s property and stealing. Ogundipe, who has been on trial since 2011, was charged with seven-counts of obtaining by stealing, inducing…
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Serving Imo APC lawmaker sent to jail
A member of the Imo House of Assembly, Hercules Okoro has been remanded in an Owerri correctional facility for assault. An Owerri Magistrate Court, presided over by D.V. Okoroji made the order on Monday. Okoro, a member of the All Progressives Congress, represents Ohaji Egbema State Constituency in the state assembly. Okoro was arrested on…
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I have not been sentenced to jail-Rahama Sadau
Embattled actress, Rahama Sadau has reacted to claims that she has been jailed over a picture of her wearing a backless gown . The post got a lot of backlash and criticisms, especially from northerners. Sadau expressed her displeasure over the false news spread about her, adding that this is not the time for ‘Fake…
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JUST IN: Army dismisses, jails corporal for defiling teenager
Corporal Aliyu Yakubu of the Nigerian Army, has been dismissed and simultaneously sentenced to five years imprisonment for assaulting and defiling a 13-year-old girl. Yakubu was sentenced on Wednesday by the seven Division of General Court Martial of Operation Lafiya Dole. According to a report by Channel’s TV, Yakubu was found guilty based on the…