Tag: Jailed
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54 Nigerian soldiers jailed for demanding for better armaments freed after seven years
Emman Ovuakporie About 54 Nigerian soldiers, who were convicted for demanding for better armaments to combat insurgency, have regained their freedom after seven years in prison. Luckily, the death sentence was commuted to 10 years jail term after the case was reviewed. The soldiers were, however, released on Tuesday from the medium-security custodian centre, Kirikiri,…
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Akuapem Poloo jailed 90 days over nude picture with son
The Circuit Court sitting in Accra on Friday sentenced Ghanaian actress Akuapem Poloo to three months in prison for posting a nude photo with her son on social media. The court also ruled that the actress, whose real name is Rosemond Alade Brown, would serve 90 days in jail concurrently The pregnancy test conducted on…
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Ex-Unity Bank manager, Adam jailed for N11m ATM fraud
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction Adam kaka Adam, a former banker, who was sentenced to one year imprisonment by Justice Ibrahim Jauro of the Yobe State High Court sitting in Damaturu. The convict was prosecuted on one-count of theft to the tune of N11,…
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OPC member jailed 25 years for manslaughter
An Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced Jelili Falana, an Assistant Vigilante of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, Agege branch, to 25 years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya convicted Falana for shooting a herbal medicine hawker, Afolashade Salami, to death. Ogunsanya, in her judgment, said that the sentence was without an option of…
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N754m oil subsidy fraud: How Ontario MD, others bagged 10 years
Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngadi, Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited and Walter Wagbatsoma, the company’s chairman, were on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding the Federal Government of N754 million in oil subsidy claims. Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court handed the judgement following a case files by the EFCC.…