A 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, was on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu, to life imprisonment for abducting and raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) for three days. In…
A Magistrates’ Court in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old trader, Ahmad Umar, to two years imprisonment for stealing N361.000 belonging to a gas station. Mr Umar, however, pleaded guilty to the charges of trespass and theft, but…
By Fatai Kasali A 42-year-old man, Festus Nwaegela has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody by the Ikeja Magistrate Court on Tuesday for raping an eight-year-old girl. He was ordered to be kept at the facility by Chief magistrate O.…
A Jigawa State High Court No. 6 sitting in Birnin-Kudu has convicted and sentenced a 61-year-old man to life imprisonment for sodomizing a minor. The prosecution counsel said the defendant was accused of sodomising a 13-year-old boy at Auyakawa…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a middle-aged man, Chukuwemaka Ejike to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl . The judge described the offence…
The Bauchi State High Court No. 6 has sentenced Yusuf Bako, aged 50, to life imprisonment for raping a minor inside a mosque situated along Aminu Street in Bauchi metropolis. Bako was arrested in 2020 for the offense, to which…
By Sodiq Adelakun In a recent development, a 43-year-old man named Martins Olanrewaju has been handed an 18-month prison sentence by the Yaba Magistrates’ Court. Olanrewaju was found guilty of stealing a sum of N820,000 belonging to his landlady’s brother.…
By Sodiq Adelakun A 31-year-old man, Adeseun Samuel, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State. Samuel was found guilty of breaking into a church and stealing a keyboard and other items worth…
A Kaduna State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Kefas Dauda, to eight months imprisonment for stealing a laptop and two cellphones. Dauda, who resides in the Barnawa area of Kaduna, was charged with trespass and theft. Magistrate…
