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Four men bag life jail for kidnapping in Ekiti

4 months ago1014 min

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced four men to life imprisonment for kidnapping a 75-year-old woman in Ikere Ekiti. The defendants, Adeoye Sunday, Adewusi Dare, Bamigboye Damilola and Ogunlayi Seun, were also on Monday sentenced to five years imprisonment each for the offence of conspiracy. The court, however, discharged and acquitted the fifth defendant, Ojo Tope, of the charges levelled against them. The defendants were tried for the kidnap on September...

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Anambra bizman arraigned over alleged threat to life

5 months ago6354 min

The Nigeria Police on Monday arraigned a 39-year-old businessman, Tochukwu Nwosu, before the Magistrate Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill his elder brother, Dr Chinwike Oke-Nwosu. The defendant is facing 11 counts bordering on wilful damage, unlawful damage, assault, and threat to life preferred against him, by the police. Nwosu, who resides at No. 3 Nwosu Lane, Agbana Ngene Village, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of...

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Three bag life jail for raping married woman in Kebbi

5 months ago845 min

Three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kebbi State High Court presided by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar for raping an 18-year-old deaf, married woman. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts were arraigned for two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under Sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts...

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Three bag life jail for raping deaf woman in Kebbi

5 months ago2783 min

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts were perpetrated at Wararin Zaromawa...

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Artisan bags life jail for defiling 13-year-old house help

5 months ago914 min

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, convicted and sentenced an artisan, Peter Odu, to life imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old housemaid. The judge held that the prosecution proved the case of defilement beyond reasonable doubt. He also added that he held the prosecution’s comments and the impact of the convict’s actions on the young victim. “The crime strikes at the heart of our society’s...

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‘Yoruba Nation’ Sponsors Promised Us Better Life, Reduction In Costs Of Living — Female Suspect Who Invaded Oyo Government House

8 months ago965 min

Ayanwale Rofiayat, one of the Yoruba Nation agitators suspects, that invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly and Governor’s office has stated that their sponsor promised them that the cost of living would automatically come down. The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command on Monday paraded 21 suspects in connection with the invasion of the Oyo State government secretariat on Saturday, 13th April. SaharaReporters earlier reported how the suspects claimed to be members of the...