Steal a mobile phone, get to cool your heels for a month

by Ada Ogbulafor A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year old driver, Thomson Chinonso, to one month in prison for stealing a cell phone valued N84,000. However, Senior Magistrate Aminu Abdullahi gave Chinonso an option to pay N10,000 fine. Chinonso, of no fixed address, was sentenced after pleading guilty... Read More