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A 34-year-old Nigerian man who illegally resided in Houston has been ordered to prison for his involvement in numerous Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. Samson Olugbenga Oyekunle pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit…

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, will on Wednesday assent to a new law that may cost Kenyans Sh5 million (N90.1m) or a jail term of two years for spreading fake news electronically, reports The Star. Parliament passed the Computer and…

On Wednesday, an Iranian woman was sentenced to 2 years in prison for removing her hijab in public. The woman, in an act of defiance, removed her headscarf on Enghelab Street in the capital city of Tehran. She was arrested…

A man identified as Raji Babatunde has been sentenced to death by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for stealing seven bottles of beer and one packet of Rothmans cigarette. Justice Cornelius Akintayo, in a judgment delivered…

The controversial judge presiding over the case of rapper Meek Mill has denied the requests of his legal team that she both reconsider his prison sentence and step down from the case over personal biases. Judge Genece E.…

An 11-year-old girl has been arrested for the death of a 5-year-old boy left in her care at a home in Okoloko street, Abule-Ado Shoba, Lagos state. Ojiugo Ifechukwu Duru allegedly strangled Chikamso after the child’s mother left her…

The Federal High Court sitting in Wawa Cantonment, Kainji, Niger State, yesterday February 12th, sentenced 35-year-old Haruna Yahaya pictured above, to 15 years imprisonment for participating in the abduction of the Chibok school girls…

Three members of a Dallas family have been sentenced for beating and jumping on a pregnant 13-year-old girl until she miscarried. The Dallas Morning News reported that the victim, now 19, was eight months pregnant when she was attacked…

A former chairman of Orolu Local Government Area of Osun state, Chief Rufus Woleola Ojo was today convicted and sentenced d to 6 years imprisonment for corruption. The convict who was prosecuted at the Osun State High Court, Ede by the…

A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend in a videotaped stunt they planned to post on YouTube. The Star Tribune reports that 20-year-old Monalisa Perez pleaded guilty last week to second-degree manslaughter…

27-year-old Yusuf Ademola was on Thursday 7 December, jailed for 12 years after police found a shotgun with two rounds of ammunition at a residential address. Ademola, of Claremont Road, E7, was found guilty of possession of a firearm…

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has upheld the judgement of a Lagos High Court which sentenced star actress and former beauty Queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima to five years’ imprisonment for the death of one Dr Giwa Suraj, Channels news…