Tag: jail
Lamorde’s nemesis, George Uboh sent to jail for 3 years
An Abuja High Court, on Monday, sentenced George Uboh to three years imprisonment or a fine of N4 million for ...
Sexual abuse: English footballer, Adam Johnson jailed for 6 years
Sunderland football player, Adam Johnson, has been sentenced to six years in jail by a British court for grooming and ...
‘I almost committed suicide the first time I was jailed’ – Ibinabo Fiberesima
Nollywood actress and President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, has revealed that she almost committed suicide when she was ...
How Britain, Nigeria allegedly conspired to jail James Ibori
Lawyers to jailed former Governor of Delta state, James Ibori, on Wednesday, surprised a court sitting in Southwark, London, by ...
British couple who enslaved Nigerian for 2 decades, sent to jail
Emmanuel and Antan Edet have been jailed for six years each by a London court, after being found guilty of enslaving a ...
How Oby Ezekwesili ridiculed Senators over anti-social media bill
Leading proponent of the BringBackOurGirls movement and a former Minister of Education, has scoffed at the proposed bill by the Nigerian ...
Nigerians in Diaspora vow to put Senators on no-fly list over anti-social media bill
Reacting to the controversial anti-social media bill that’s being championed by the Nigerian Senate, a group known as Diaspora Nigeria ...
I will dismiss and jail any corrupt Customs officer – Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has vowed to discipline, dismiss or jail any officer found guilty of corrupt practices. ...
Why Chris Oyakhilome may ‘face prison’ sentence in South Africa
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) is investigating the commercialisation ...
Don’t offer me bribe, I don’t want to go to jail – Amaechi
Former governor of Rivers state and newly inaugurated Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi says he is scared of going to ...
What Sultan of Sokoto says Buhari should do to corrupt Nigerians
The Sultan of Sokoto has given his vote of confidence and stamp of approval to the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. ...
Poverty made me this robber go stealing again after 6 yrs in jail
27-year-old Ogaga Feja, after spending six years at Ikoyi Maximum Prison, got released, proceeded to rob a motorist at Mile 2 and ...
Buhari is making moves to jail Jonathan – Ijaw group
A civil rights organisation, Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making moves to probe, indict and jail ...
Call God’s name during sex and go to jail, this pastor says
Dr. John Hagee, is the founder and senior pastor of the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and in this ...
Nigerian man gets 5 years jail sentence for raping Norwegian tourist
by Chinwe Okafor 26-year-old Ekwegbalu Ugochukwu Udok, has been sentenced to 5 years in jail by a Municipal court in ...
Opinion: 10 reasons why Diezani Alison-Madueke must go to prison
by Churchill Okonkwo Diezani MUST go to prison so that dirty deals in the oil sector exposed by the Ribadu ...
Buhari is planning to send me to prison – Patience Jonathan is really afraid of jail
by Kolapo Olapoju The First Lady, Patience Jonathan, claims that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. ...
New leaf! Prison inmates receive WAEC certificates
by Chinwe Okafor Thirty-one Kuje Prison inmates who sat for the 2014 NOV/DEC Senior Secondary School Examination in Abuja have ...
Did you know that there was an attempted jail break in Calabar today?
by Ranti Joseph An undisclosed number of inmates on Friday gained entry into the armoury of the Calabar Prison, Cross ...
Villain turned hero: Handcuffed teen saves dying policemans life
by Chinwe Okafor This is a classic case of tables turning. A handcuffed teenager being booked into jail helped save ...
Drug abuse: Jackie Chan’s son sentenced to 6 months in jail
by Chinwe Okafor Pretty ironic for his father, Jackie Chan who was named an anti-drug ambassador in 2009. Jaycee Chan ...
@adunnibaby: Are Nigerian politicians really crazy?
by Abimbola Adelakun The Nigerian Medical Association, recently, joined the throng of those who call for psychiatric evaluation for would-be ...
Why I murdered 39 people – Brazilian serial killer confesses (PHOTO)
by Isi Esene Tiago Gomes da Rocha, a Brazilian man who confessed to killing 39 people has given reasons for ...
Another Al Jazeera journalist sentenced in Egypt
by Isi Esene One of Al Jazeera Arabic’s presenters, Ahmed Mansour, has been sentenced in absentia to 15 years imprisonment ...
This Nigerian ‘abducted and repeatedly raped woman’ in the US
by Akan Ido Samuel Okorie, a 29-year-old Nigerian living in Brookline, Pennsylvania, has been arrested by the police for assaulting ...
“Ask your mother to forgive me…”: Jailed Al Jazeera journalist writes to his newborn child (READ)
by Isi Esene Jailed Al Jazeera journalist Baher Mohamed will become a father again today. His imprisonment has, however, meant ...
Nana Nwachukwu: That ‘harmless’ prank may land you in jail! (Y! Legal)
by Nana Nwachukwu We have seen kids sent to jail for April fool jokes et al. You know those pranks ...
Kano seeks death sentence for 14-year-old child bride
by S’ola Filani Kano State Government has charged 14-year-old bride, Wasila Tasiu who allegedly killed her husband and three other ...
‘He threatened to kill me’ – Angry mother tells Judge to send her son to jail
by Zara Mustapha A 32-year-old man, Ifeanyi Chukwu, was on Thursday arraigned before an Abule Egba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating ...
Prophetess jailed for defrauding woman of N570,000
by Zara Mustapha A 38-year-old self-acclaimed prophetess, Nnenna James has been arrested and remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos state for ...
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- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
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