Tag: Jail

  • Creators of Nigeria’s first lesbian movie, ‘Ife’ risk detention ahead of release

    Creators of Nigeria’s first lesbian movie, ‘Ife’ risk detention ahead of release

    The producers of controversial Nigerian flick, Pamela Adie and Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim, two may be jailed if they go ahead with their scheduled release of ‘Ife’, Nigeria’s first lesbian movie.   The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) had fervently refused to approve the movie for distribution, explaining that its content violates the country’s extant…

  • Man jailed 21 years for releasing woman’s nude photos

    Man jailed 21 years for releasing woman’s nude photos

    The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Friday sentenced one Paul Adesanya to 21 years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American-based woman, Mrs Oluwatoyin Akinwole, of the sum of N36.7m. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also told Justice Mojisola Dada that Adesanya posted Akinwole’s nude pictures on social media, and thereafter reported that…

  • Man Utd captain Maguire to avoid jail time

    It is highly unlikely Manchester United captain Harry Maguire will serve jail-time in Greece, according to Mykonos lawyer. Maguire spent two nights in police custody after a fight broke out on the Greek island of Mykonos. The 28-year-old has denied allegations of assault, disobedience and bribery during the incident, in which a police officer was…

  • UK Court jails Nigeria’s oil tycoon for contempt

    UK Court jails Nigeria’s oil tycoon for contempt

    A United Kingdom Court has jailed the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited, Abdulrahman Bashir, after he was found guilty of breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Limited. Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court handed a 10-month jail sentence to the…

  • Mosque shooter bags 21 years jail sentence

    Mosque shooter bags 21 years jail sentence

    A far-right Norwegian man was on Thursday jailed for 21 years for the racially motivated murder of his Chinese-born stepsister and attempting to kill worshippers in a mosque shooting spree. Philip Manshaus expressed strong anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views before 2019 attack and was unrepentant at trial. Manshaus, now 22 years old, shot and killed Johanne…

  • Football fan jailed 90 months for attempted murder

    A Universitatea Cluj fan was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for trying to kill a police officer during a Romanian first division relegation playoff match last year. Vidrean Ovidiu Traian was found guilty of attempted murder after he hit the policeman over the head with a seat during the game in…

  • Sell fertilizers above N5,000, go to jail – FG warns sellers

    The federal government has warned those selling fertilizers above the N5,000 approved price to desist from such or risk going to jail if arrested by security operatives. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Fertilizer Initiative, Mr Muhammad Badaru, who is also the Governor of Jigawa State, made this disclosure while briefing newsmen on Presidential…

  • Keep my son in jail, man begs Osun police

    Keep my son in jail, man begs Osun police

    A nonagenarian simply identified as Pa Olasupo has begged the police to keep his son in a correctional centre as long as necessary after purportedly stabbing a neighbour with a knife. Oladimeji Supo, 37, was ordered to be remanded following his arraignment on Wednesday for assault and theft before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo,…

  • Photo: Ronaldinho released from Paraguayan jail

    Photo: Ronaldinho released from Paraguayan jail

    Brazil and FC Barcelona legend Ronaldinho has been released from a maximum-security prison in Paraguay. But he is not totally free. He and his 49 year-old brother Roberto Assis will be put under house arrest in Asuncion, the Paraguayan capital. They will stay in a $64 a night hotel, two miles from where they were…

  • Lawmakers move to jail quarantine violators for up to 7 years

    Russia’s Lower House of Parliament gave its final approval on Tuesday to legislation to send quarantine violators to prison for up to seven years. According to the legislature, if a person violating a quarantine measure causes an outbreak, that person could be imprisoned for two years. A violation that leads to the death of multiple…