By Samuel Omotere The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a cleric, Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old minor (name withheld) in a mosque. It was learnt that the religious leader…
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday sentenced an 18-year-old man, Mayowa Amoo, to six months in prison for stealing several clothes worth N3 million. The court’s president, Mrs Sukurat Yusuf, sentenced Amoo after he pleaded guilty to…
Four Nigerians have been sentenced for their involvement in a large-scale forgery operation that produced over 2,000 false marriage certificates to assist individuals in staying in the UK unlawfully. The individuals sentenced are Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye…
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, Monday, April 15, convicted and sentenced three individuals involved in internet fraud, following their arrest and arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The three convicts, Qudus Temitope…
By Sodiq Adelakun A 53-year-old man named Tunde George has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. George was found guilty of defrauding two individuals seeking accommodation of a total of N1.2…
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a security guard, Nweka Martins , to eight months imprisonment for stealing 200 live fish from his employer’s pond. Martins, who lives in Tungamaji in Abuja was charged…
An estate agent, Emmanuel Aaron, 42 has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by Kaduna High court on Tuesday for defrauding two accommodation seekers of N4.8 million but was given an option of N300,000 fine. In his judgment, the Judge…
AJos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old trader, Aminu Ibrahim, to 15-month imprisonment for defrauding Point of Sale operators. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos sentenced Ibrahim after he pleaded guilty. Mar Bokkos, however, gave the convict an option to pay N50,000…
A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 20-year-old labourer, Ishaya Hassan, to five months in a correction centre for stealing armoured cables. The judge, Mallam Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Hassan after he pleaded guilty to the offence…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Danladi Mohammed before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri to one-year imprisonment. Mohammed was convicted following…
