WNBA star, Brittney Griner is spending time at a medical facility in Texas before she returns to her regular life after nearly 10 months of imprisonment in Russia. The basketball star who was released Thursday, December 8 as part of a prisoner exchange between the US and Russia for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout –…
A Nairobi court has sentenced to five years in prison a man who threw his date off the 12th floor of a building in Nairobi’s Central District (CBD) in a date gone sour. Moses Njoroge was found guilty of causing bodily harm to Eunice Wangari, whom he met on Facebook, in a ruling issued…
A 25-year-old man, Siyabonga Ndlozi was on Friday, November 11, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder of his girlfriend in South Africa. Ndlozi, who was charged with murder and the Contravention of a protection order, also received five years for domestic violence at Delmas high court, in Mpumalanga. According to a statement by Capt. Gibi…
The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in South Africa on Wednesday, November 9, sentenced a Zimbabwean woman, Lady Memory Mutsika, to 3 years of direct imprisonment for 128 counts of theft. Mutsika,43, was a church treasurer of the Pretoria City Seventh-Day Adventist church. Her responsibilities included transferring tithe and offering money deposited to the church…
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking. The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
A man who stabbed an intruder to death when he was a teenager has been jailed. Dean Kerrie was just 17 when he stabbed Jack Power, 25, in the chest in July 2018. Power smashed a window to get into Kerrie’s house in Waterford, south east Ireland, because he believed Kerrie, now 21, had…
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 62-year-old Daudu Jimoh, aka Baba Cooler, to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old girl in Ilupeju Ekiti. The convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on August 5, 2020, on one count charge of rape. The charge reads: “That Daudu Jimoh on 27/9/2019 at…
A farm labourer, Isiaka Adeoye, who raped a 17-year-old girl was on Wednesday October 12, sentenced to life imprisonment, by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos State. Asides ruling that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict beyond reasonable doubt, Justice Soladoye also held that the testimony of…
A woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for killing her husband in Baringo County, Kenya. Kabarnet Chief Magistrate Judith Wanjala on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, found Nancy Kapteto guilty of manslaughter in the death of her 40-year-old husband Joseph Kapteto which occurred on November 12, 2021. The woman killed Joseph…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a pastor, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, to two years in prison. The assistant pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, was jailed on Tuesday, September 21, 2022. Oluokun’s conviction came, consequent on…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a 26-year-old lawyer, Sulaimon Kaosarat Yetunde, to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking. Justice Daniel Osiagor handed down the verdict on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, following Miss Yetunde’s guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy and the unlawful export of 1.10 kilograms of cannabis sativa. The…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has warned political parties and candidates against the use of masqueraders, public facilities and religious centres for campaigns. In an interview with Punch, the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Committee on Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, asked political parties to align strictly with the provisions of the Electoral…
A South African woman, Mapula Florah Manaka, was on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for orchestrating the murder of her husband, Archie Manaka during an incident. The Limpopo High court in Polokwane heard that Flora,40, and her boyfriend plotted a murder against Archie, 43, who was an IT Specialist in Polokwane. …
A magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has sentenced a ritualist and herbalist, Adeboye Moshood to four and a half years imprisonment for being in possession of human parts. Moshood, 40, was arrested by a Joint Task Force (JTF) on Tuesday, February 16,2021, in his house at Gbayarin, in Gbongan community, Ayedaade Local Government Area…
Police officer, Aliyu Giwa, has informed Nigerians that there is a punishment for driving a persons’ car without authorization. Giwa in a Twitter thread stated that according to the Road Traffic act, driving a person’s car without authorization is an offense liable to a fine or imprisonment for 6months. See his thread below…
Comedienne Princess has reacted after actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, was sentenced to 16 years in prison. An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday, July 14, convicted the actor of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault in a 2-hour judgement. He was however discharged and acquitted of…
A popular Nigerian nightclub owner-convicted scammer, Abdul Samson Olatunji, and his accomplice, Adedayo Quandri, have been jailed in South Africa for defrauding property traders. The Nigerian nationals were sentenced by the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court on Friday, July 8, 2022, the same day Olatunji was charged with another fraud case. Olatunji and Adedayo Quandri were sentenced…
The Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, has sentenced an Islamic cleric, Isah Mustapha, to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl in the state. At the trial before the presiding judge, Justice H.O Oshodi, the eight-year-old victim, told the court that the convict had carnal knowledge of her in his house in 2017…
Aliyu Giwa has warned that adultery is a criminal offense and attracts a punishment of 2 years in prison. He tweeted: “Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment! The ‘PENAL CODE LAW’ section 387 & 388 state: 387. Adultery by a man 388. “Adultery by a Woman Whoever, being…
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal today July 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to 7 years imprisonment along with his two companies: Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd A statement released by the EFCC says the…