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Azeez December 14, 2016

Borno govt want IDPs’ food items thieves jailed

Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has said those who were arrested for the diversion of bags of rice meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will be prosecuted. Shettima was quoted…

Azeez August 15, 2016

Send your child to school or go to jail – El-Rufai

Kaduna Governor, Nasir el-Rufai on Saturday said parents in the state who fail to send their children to school in September would be jailed. El-Rufai said this during the screening…

Azeez August 14, 2016

Oscar Pistorius put on suicide watch

South African Amputee sprinter, Oscar Pistorius who is serving six-year sentence for killing his girlfriend has been put on suicide watch after he landed in hospital due to mysterious wrist…

Ada Igboanugo August 5, 2015

Dismissed soldier jailed for burglary, blames Army

Dismissed Army officer, Awolu Ado, who was recently arrested for burglary, stealing and impersonation, has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment without an option of fine in Lagos.…

Ada Igboanugo June 17, 2015

Single mother of two faces jail time for robbery

For her kids of course. A mother of two, Maryam Musa, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for robbery by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Bauchi state. The 27-year-old woman…

Ada Igboanugo May 27, 2015

Liberian woman to face jail sentence for fighting in Lagos nightclub

by Chinwe Okafor A 24-year-old Liberian woman, Teddy Jallah, was on Tuesday charged and acquitted for fighting in a nightclub. The defendant, who is unemployed and resides at Ajegunle area of…

June 26, 2014

Apparently, David Mark has no shame: Senate President reveals how awful he was as a governor (READ)

by Zara Mustapha Senate President, David Mark yesterday opened up on how late Senator Dahiru Kuta was jailed on his orders while he served as the military governor of Niger State. Kuta,…

June 22, 2014

WTH! Man jailed 15 years for having sex with a chicken

by Zara Mustapha File photo A 27-year-old man from Zambia has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for having sex with a chicken. The convict, Goliath Nyirenda was sentenced…

June 19, 2014

Man jailed 95 years for deliberately infecting a 15-year-old girl with HIV (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha A 31-year-old man, Matthew Louis Reese was accused of knowing that he had HIV when he had sex with a 15-year-old girl but didn't tell her, infecting her with…

June 11, 2014

Mum from hell: Woman poisons her 4-year-old daughter just to attract attention (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha A mother so desperate for attention she poisoned her daughter with cancer drugs has been sentenced to two years behind bars. The woman who was unnamed for…

June 9, 2014

Man jailed for hacking another man to death in Ondo

by Zara Mustapha File photo A 27-year-old man simply known as Murtala, has been ordered to remain in prison custody by an Akure Magistrate Court over the murder of a…

May 21, 2014

Ex-Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak and sons get convicted on charges of stealing

by Oge Okonkwo Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who was expelled from office has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay back $17.6m. The corruption…

May 10, 2014

4 Nigerians arrested, jailed in the UK for fixing sham marriages (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha Four Nigerian and an Hungarian have been arrested and jailed for eight months each for their involvement in an eight-month sham marriage. The convicts, 38-year-old Azuka Izegbune, Ivett Szanto,…

March 21, 2014

She got served: Naomi Oni’s attacker found guilty, gets 12 years in prison

by Zara Mustapha 22-year-old Mary Konye who was found guilty of throwing acid in the face of her friend Naomi Oni while disguised in a Muslim veil has been jailed.…

March 4, 2014

Covenant University ex-student jailed in the UK for swindling 6 women out of £186,000 (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo An ex-Covenant University student, Emmanuel Jack has been arrested and jailed after conning six women out of £186,000 through dating websites. According to Mirror UK, the police said…

February 28, 2014

OMG! Man bores hole in his wife’s private part and padlocks it (PICTURED)

by Zara Mustapha A woman, Sitabai Chouhan was rushed to a hospital in India after she had attempted suicide by swallowing rat poison. It was when the nurses at the…

January 10, 2014

Woman jailed 2 months for damaging GSM phone

by Oge Okonkwo File Photo A 28-year-old businesswoman Philomena Eregbulem has been sentenced to two months imprisonment by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday for damaging a house caretaker's phone.…

January 10, 2014

‘It was a mistake’: Man caught raping best friend’s wife

by 'Jola Sotubo A man in Borno has been sentenced to spend 10 years behind prison bars after being convicted of rape. Babagana Mohammed was charged to court and could…

December 20, 2013

Kabiru Sokoto jailed for life

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The gavel has fallen and the verdict of life imprisonment has been given to the brain behind the 'Christmas bombing' that claimed hundreds of lives and valuable…

November 27, 2013

BUSTED: Pastor’s wife jailed 2 years for issuing N4 million dud cheque

by 'Jola Sotubo A pastor's wife in Delta has been condemned to spend 2 years in prison after she was found guilty of issuing a dud cheque. Mrs. Esther Onekpe,…

November 18, 2013

Hard labour: Sex worker jailed in Lagos for re-appearing before court

Ene Emmanuel, a commercial sex worker has been sentenced by a Lagos court to three months imprisonment for re-appearing before the it. The convict was jailed by the Chief…

November 5, 2013

8 women jailed 6 months for prostitution in Abuja

by Oge Okonkwo For the crime of prostitution, eight women have been sentenced to six months imprisonment each by a Grade 1 Area Court in Zuba FCT. The convicts, Felicia Dominic,…

October 22, 2013

Wickedness: Mother jailed for burning off son’s pen*s and nip**es with a lighter (PICTURED)

In a horrific story out of New Hampshire, a mother, aged 53, has been sentenced to up to 30 years in jail, for burning her 19-year-old son’s penis and also…

October 18, 2013

Tech scam: Boy, 19, jailed for selling cassava-stuffed Nokia phone in Lagos

by Oge Okonkwo For selling a cassava-stuffed Nokia phone, a 19-year-old street trader, Emeka Chukwumuata has been sentenced to two months in prison by the Special Offences Court, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. “I am usually…

October 9, 2013

Father from hell: Saudi Islamic preacher gets 8 years in jail (and 600 lashes) for brutally beating his 5-year-old daughter to death (PICTURED)

A Saudi Islamic preacher accused of torturing his five-year-old daughter to death has been sentenced to just eight years in jail and 600 lashes. Lama al-Ghamdi died in October 2012…