Critics say move targets President Saied’s opponents A Tunisian court has sentenced a number of potential presidential election candidates to prison and banned them from running for office in the…
A High Court of Katsina State has convicted Christopher Oluchukwu Ugwubujo, a commandant with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over his involvement in employment scam. Ugwubujo conviction…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 convicted and sentenced three persons to various jail terms for engaging in the buying…
Offence committed during ‘deliverance’ A Sixty-year old man, Ajayi Famakinwa, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for impregnating a 15-year-old girl during a so-called ‘deliverance’ exercise. An Ondo State…
For contravening the Trafficking in Persons Act, Sexual Offenses Related Act and Immigration Act, a 43-year-old Nigerian, Okwudilichukwu Bobokwu Idoko, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa. The…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Monday convicted a former House of Representatives member, Chief Chuma Nzeribe for forgery. Delivering the judgment, the presiding Judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu…
An Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a carpenter, Ayomide Ogunyanwo to six months imprisonment for stealing iron rod pipes worth N50,000. The Judge, Hassan Mohammed, sentenced…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Sokoto on Tuesday sentenced Aminu Yahatu-Tafida, son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal and two others to four and…
For assaulting a staff of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (DISCO) Plc in the course of his official duty in Gombe State, 30-year-old Ibrahim Shayibo will be cooling his feet in…
Narrow escape for wife due to lack of evidence After about ten years of standing trial, former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche has…