Magistrates

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,…

Woman docked over alleged assault on neighbour

  Jamila Hamza, 34, was charged in Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting her neighbour. Hamza, who lives on Daura Road in Kaduna, is facing three counts of assault, deliberate damage, and breach of peace. The prosecutor,…

Magistrates decry poor condition of service in Bauchi

The Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Bauchi State on Wednesday decried the “poor condition of service” under which its members were operating. During the association’s two-day New Year celebration, Abdulmumini Adamu, state Chairman of the association, said magistrates in…