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…
Man sentenced to six months imprisonment for possession of human partsAn Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a 30- year-old man, Muyiwa Olaniyan to six months imprisonment for being in possession of human parts. The Police charged…
