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Lawyer docked for allegedly assaulting commercial sex worker
The police arraigned a 26-year-old lawyer, Ekunife Emmanuel, in a Lugbe Grade I Area Court in Abuja for allegedly assaulting a commercial sex worker. The police charged Emmanuel, of Jahi, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust, assault, causing hurt, and inciting disturbance, an offense he denied committing. Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, Olisaemeka Okeke, told the court that the complainant, Queeneth…
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Student, 23, jailed 6 months for stealing cell phone
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court sentenced a 23-year-old student, David Alami, to six months imprisonment for stealing a cell phone worth N110,000. Alami was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to the theft charge. The judge, Saminu Suleiman, however, gave him the option of a N30,000 fine and ordered him to pay the complainant, Festus Olusa, N110,000 as compensation.…
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