Tag: Jail
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Spraying, hawking naira notes will land you in jail, Bankers Committee warns
The Bankers Committee on Friday warned against bastardising the national currency, saying those who spray and hawk the naira notes at parties risk going to jail. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports mobile courts are to try those bastardising the national currency, and if found guilty, sent to jail. Issuing the warning after its meeting in Lagos, the…
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Ex-FIFA vice-president Napout jailed for nine years
Juan Angel Napout, the former president of South America’s football governing body Conmebol, has been jailed for nine years for his part in the Fifa bribery scandal. He was found guilty in December last year at a trial in Brooklyn, New York. The Paraguayan was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and two wire fraud charges. The…
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58-year-old pastor to spend 54 months in jail for stealing
A 58-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Abel Olukayode, is to spend four and half years in jail for stealing N984,450 from Wema Bank Plc. The convict stood trial on a three-count charge bordering on stealing. An Igbosere Magistrate, Mrs A. T. Omoyele, sentenced Olukayode without an option of fine after finding him guilty of the offences. Delivering…
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Offa Robbery: Release Kwara Gov’s aide or go to jail, court tells Police IG
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, has threatened to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, for alleged contempt of court proceedings. The IGP was alleged to have disobeyed the order of the court to release Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s Personal Assistant on Political…
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Iraq jails French, German Islamic State members for life
An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of belonging to Islamic State. Judge Suhail Abdullah read out the sentences in Iraq’s Central Criminal Court, saying he found French citizen Lahcen Ammar Gueboudj, 55, and the German, Nadia Rainer Hermann, 22, guilty…
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UFC star McGregor avoids jail after deal with prosecutors
UFC fighter Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time. McGregor had faced multiple criminal charges stemming from an altercation in April with other fighters. As part of his deal he is required to undergo anger management treatment. The plea will not affect his US work…
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Mutilate, spray Naira notes in parties, go to jail, CBN warns Nigerians
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued stern warnings against spraying, selling and mutilation of naira notes to avoid going to jail. Expressing worry over the act, which it said is becoming common practice among Nigerians, the apex bank said anyone caught would henceforth be made to face the full wrath of the law…
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Student bags two years in jail for wooing lawmaker
A 25-year-old Ugandan student has been sentenced to two years in jail for wooing a female legislator in the country. The court was told that Brian Isiko had been stalking and hoping that he would make his desired love for the legislator come true and never stopped asking for intimacy from the Kabalore woman member…
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Court sentences ‘animal’ to 60 years in jail for raping minor
Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos, has described Adelaja Olaide, a 48-year-old convicted paedophile, as an “animal”, while sentencing him to 60 years in prison for raping a seven-year-old primary two pupil. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Olaide, a driver, who resides at No.…
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Alleged PTF fraud: Obasanjo should have prosecute, jail Buhari – Fani –Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has former President Olusegun Obasanjo should have prosecuted and jailed President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly looting billions of naira as Petroleum Trust Funds (PTF) boss. Fani-Kayode was reacting to the ongoing faceoff between both leaders. Obasanjo, who had continued to insist that Buhari should not be re-elected over his administration’s…