Tag: Imprisonment

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Adelaja Ogundairo, a taxi driver, to 30 months’ imprisonment and three months community service for driving dangerously and knocking down a police officer.  The convict, during the trial...

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a 25-year-old student (name withheld) at the University of Lagos.  Delivering judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye, ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced ten (10) pirates to a total of 48 years each in prison under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences, SPOMO ACT, for hijacking a Chinese fishing ves...

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion.  In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa Okunnu....

The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom.  The Court, presided over by Justice...