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Trader jailed 9 months for housebreaking, theft

  A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced an 18-year-old trader, ThankGod Daniel, to nine months imprisonment for breaking into a house and stealing cable wires. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily sentenced Daniel after he pleaded guilty. Bokkos, however, gave the…

Labourer bags two months jail for stealing phone

  A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old labourer, Garba Abdulmuminu, to two months in imprisonment for stealing a phone valued at N20,000. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily sentenced Abdulmuminu after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Bokkos, however,…

Oyo tenant arrested for flogging her landlord

By Fatai Kasali The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan has detained 30-year-old Temitope Adedeji on Thursday for allegedly whipping her landlord and his wife. Adedeji, whose residential address was not provided, was charged with assault and conduct likely to cause breach…