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Chief Judge jails lawyer for alleged contempt
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, yesterday sentenced a Lagos-based activist-lawyer Mr. Inibehe Effiong...
Court Fixes September 26 For Human Rights’ Suit Filed Against Attorney-General, Malami, Secret Police DSS, Comptroller Of Prisons, Over Illegal Detention
A Federal High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, on Thursday ordered substituted service on the Attorney-General of the Federation,...
Our visit to Nnmadi Kanu aborted, lawyer cries out
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said that the IPOB leader’s legal team was...
Dismissed teacher charged with sexual molestation escapes during Kuje prison jailbreak
A dismissed teacher in Abuja, Igoche Daniel Adah charged with alleged sexual molestation before an Abuja High Court is...
Kuje jailbreak: Osinachi’s husband, Nwachukwu missing
Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu has reportedly escaped from prison, Nationnewslead gathered....
Man who raped 85-year-old grandmother jailed for life in Ekiti.
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Durodola Kayode Ogundele to life imprisonment for raping an 85 years old...
Lady whose ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp comment triggered violence now in prison – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, speaks about the security situation in the state in this interview with ARMSTRONG BAKAM You’ve...
2023: Why I want to rule Nigeria 7 years after leaving prison – Al-Mustapha
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, rtd., the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, has given the reasons he wants to take over from...
Sex crimes: Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison
Embattled R&B singer, R. Kelly, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for recruiting and trapping teenagers and women for sex. Judge Ann...
15-year jail for landlords renting apartments to Yahoo boys
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) yesterday said homeowners who rent out apartments to internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys...
Man in prison for sodomising 13-year-old boy
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Monday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Abdullahi Idris, who allegedly sodomised a 13-year-old boy, be...
Imo prison escapee stabs pregnant woman to death
The police officers from Iheagwa Division, Imo State, have arrested an Imo prison escapee identified as Justice Anokam, for allegedly...
Prison Service reacts to report of attack on Abba Kyari in Kuje correctional centre
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has reacted to claim by former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, that he was not safe in custody as there was no...
FG reacts to alleged inmates swapping in prison
Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior on Friday, denied reports of swap of inmates in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service with free citizens....
Trader jailed 6 months for receiving stolen phone
An Upper Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Paul Yilkom, to six months imprisonment for receiving a stolen phone The judge...
Ondo: Palm-oil thief to spend six years in prison
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has sentenced Chinaza Njoku, 35, to six years imprisonment for stealing palm-oil. Njoku was...
Traffic mobile court sentences driver to six months in prison for assaulting FRSC personnel
A commercial driver, Samaila Hamisu Garba, has been convicted and sentenced to six months in a correctional facility by a Bauchi State Traffic Mobile/Magistrate...
Court remands gatekeeper for allegedly defiling teenager
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 20-year-old gatekeeper, David Emmanuel, be remanded in a correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti...
Bricklayers remanded over monarch’s attempted murder
Four bricklayers have been remanded by Osun State Magistrate Court, Osogbo presided over by Dr Olusegun Ayilara for allegedly attempting to kill Onigege of...
Man jailed for attempting to steal from Obasanjo
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Seun Sowemimo, to 12 months imprisonment for attempting to steal from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. He...
