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Barely 2 months after he was pardoned by Adamawa State Chief Judge for theft, a 19-year-old man, Mubarak Yuguda, has again been convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for stealing once again. Mubarak was among the 34 inmates…

Obinwanne Okeke, better known as Invictus Obi, who was once listed on Forbes Africa 30 Under 30, was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11…

A serving Deputy Director of the Federal Character Commission, Alh. Ahmad Balarabe has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by the State High Court 3 sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, for defrauding job seekers of N7million.…

A 28-year-old man, Usman Muhammed, pictured above, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Kwara state High Court for posing as lady and using online sourced photos of naked women to swindle men. Muhammed was dragged before…

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, Plateau state, has sentenced a 60-year-old cashier, Yakubu Mekodo to 15 years imprisonment for embezzling N9. 1 million. The prosecution counsel, Insp. Monday Dabit told the court…

An Abeokuta high court has sentenced one Ugochukwu Obiakor to 25 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl on Wednesday, August 12. Obiakor, 36, who had pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge, was convicted for forcefully having…

Nigerian singer, Iledare Olajuwonlo-James better known as Jaywon has been sentenced to pay a fine of N10,000 and do a 30-minutes community service for violating the overnight curfew operational in Lagos state. It would be recalled…

Former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh has on February 25 been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for money laundering. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had earlier found him and…

Two Nigerian college students Mustafa Azmir and Jude Nnamdi Achonye were on Wednesday December 20, handed the death sentence by a High Court in Shah Alam for trafficking 3.5 kilogrammes of methamphetamine. Shah Alam High Court judge…

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…

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced 20-year-old Elijah Adediran, to five years imprisonment for stealing ceiling fans. Adediran, who resides at Ilode, Ile-Ife, was tried on two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing,…

The General Overseer of  the Christian Praying Assembly in Lagos Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King is to die by hanging for murder,  the  Supreme Court affirmed in Lagos today. Rev King had challenged the judgment of a Lagos…