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Teen jailed for life for killing teacher and burying her in shallow grave

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2020 0

17-year-old Rocky Marciano Price has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of a mother of two, Lindsay Birbeck. Birbeck, who died from neck injuries inflicted by either stamping or kicking or kneeling on the front of the neck, was buried in a shallow grave at a Lancashire

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Ese Oruru’s abductor, Dahiru sentenced to 26 years imprisonment

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2020 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has sentenced Ese Oruru’s abductor to 26 years in prison Ese Oruru a teenager was in 2016 abducted and forced into marriage in Kano by one Yinusa Dahiru On Thursday, Justice Jane Inyang sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison. Jane acquitted Dahiru on Count one […]

Crime

Member jailed for stealing from church

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

Lagos – A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced a 46-year-old Welder, Chika Azegbu, to one-year imprisonment for breaking-in and stealing property worth N510,000 from a church where he worshipped. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Oluwatoyin Oghere, sentenced the convict to one-year imprisonment with no option of fine, starting from today

Crime

Teenager jailed for stabbing neighbour over football

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2019 0

Jos – An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday, sentenced an 18-year-old man, Adamu Saidu, to five years in prison for stabbing a man who was celebrating with his football team after winning a match. The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Saidu after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt and […]

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Trigger-happy corp bags 12 years in jail

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2017 0

Five years after the incident that claimed the life of a banker in the Abuja, justice has come to the family of the Mrs. Doris Nonye Okere, as Justice Silvanus C. Oriji, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at Apo, Abuja has sentenced a police officer, Olotu Owoicho, to 12 years imprisonment […]

Africa News

Son of Ex-Senegalese Leader Jailed for Graft

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

A special court in Senegal sentenced the son of former president Aboulaye Wade to six years in prison on Monday and ordered him to pay a 138 billion CFA franc ($228 million) fine, dashing his hopes of competing in presidential election due in 2017. Karim Wade went on trial in June 2014 charged with illegally […]