Crime

Man bags 3 months imprisonment for breach of trust, cheating

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

A Dutse Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Philip Agwan, to three months imprisonment for criminal breach of trust and cheating. The Presiding Officer, Mr Suleiman Mohammed, however, gave him an option to pay N10, 000 fine. READ ALSO: Fisherman kills wife over

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Man bags 6 months’ imprisonment for stealing phone worth N5,000

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2019 0

Ikeja – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old unemployed man, Idris Eniola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for stealing a  cell phone valued at N5,000. The magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fagbohun, sentenced Eniola after he  pleaded guilty  to a two-count charge  bordering on stealing. Fagbohun held  that the convict

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Man bags 5 months imprisonment for stealing cloths

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2018 0

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Yusuf Sani, to five months imprisonment for stealing cloths. Sani, who resides at Jabi Garage, Abuja, was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft, offences he admitted committing. The judge, Mr Maiwa Inuwa, however, gave the convict N5, 000 […]

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‘Nigerian Government Only Builds Prisons In Igboland, Nothing Else!’ – Ohanaeze Fumes

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2018 0

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday lamented that the only notable presence of the Federal Government in Igbo land was prisons. Ohanaeze lamented poor industrial presence in Igbo land. Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday lamented that the only notable presence of the Federal Government in Igbo land was prisons.

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Appeal Court jails Yusufu 6 years, slams N22.9bn fine on pension thief

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

Five years after John Yusufu was convicted with an option of N750, 000 fine by an Abuja High Court, the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday reversed the lower court decision and sentenced Yusufu to 6 years imprisonment and slammed a whopping N22.9billion fine on him Yusufu, a federal civil servant and one of […]

Politics

INEC says double registration could lead to jail term for offenders

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2018 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Nigerians who engaged in double voters’ registration will be liable to one year imprisonment. The Head, Voter Education and Publicity, Gender and Civil Society Liaison (INEC), FCT, Mrs. Ndidi Okafor, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Okafor, […]

Abuja Times

2 civil servants jailed 105 years for fraud in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Monday sentenced two civil servants, Mohammed Audu and Yusuf Ayodeji, to 105 years imprisonment, for fraudulent activities. The convicts who were Procurement Officers in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in July 2016. Audu was […]

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Fayose presents bill for death penalty, life imprisonment of cultists, sponsors

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

….Places N1m reward for anyone who fishes out EKSU killing cultists Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has said the state is sponsoring a bill against incessant killings by student cultists on the state university campus. The bill, when passed into law, would hand out death penalty to anyone found guilty of involvement in cultism […]