Tag: Sentence
Man, 29, to spend 2 years in jail for stealing N728,000...
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Monday, sentenced one Thomas Olamilekan, 29, to two years in the correctional centre for breaking into a...
Man jailed 16 years for abducting, defiling 15-year-old girl
An Awka Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Anambra on Monday, sentenced a 34-year-old man, Onyedika Okafor, 16 years imprisonment for abducting and defiling...
76-year-old grandfather bags 40 years imprisonment for drug offences
A 76-year-old grandfather, Francis Omofe, has been sentenced to 40 years imprisonment for drug-related offences.
Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the prosecution...
Wheelbarrow pusher jailed 3 years for stealing customer’s goods
A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old, wheelbarrow pusher , Umar Musa to five years imprisonment for stealing customer’s goods..
The convict,...
Businessman jailed 1 year for cheating
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced 38-year-old businessman, Hussaini Aliyu, to one year in the Nigeria Correctional Service in Jos, Plateau for borrowing...
Painter jailed 2 years for car theft
A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old painter, Dominic Maitala, to two years imprisonment for stealing a car.
The Magistrate, Mrs Irene...
Man, 21, to spend 4 months in jail for stealing potatoes,...
Ibadan, April 8, 2026 (NAN) A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced one Maruf Qudri, 21 to four months...
Ex-convict jailed 3 years for possession of hard drugs
Kaduna, April 7, 2026(NAN)A Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday. sentenced a 26- year-old man, Abel Godwin to three years imprisonment for unlawful...
Court orders man to sweep mosque premises for 1 month for...
Abuja, March 17,2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered a businessman, Musa Ibrahim, to sweep the Amur Mosque premises in Wuse...
Cleaner sentenced to 8-calender months imprisonment for stealing colleague’s phone
Ibadan, March 9, 2026 (NAN) An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Friday, sentenced a cleaner, Tobi Gabriel, 24, to eight months imprisonment for...
Court sentences 2 men to death for killing newly wedded groom
Kano, March 3, 2026(NAN) A Kano High Court on Tuesday sentenced Aliyu Hussaini, and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for stabbing a newly...
Court sentences teenager to 21 years imprisonment for rape of minor
Sokoto, Feb. 24, 2026 (NAN) Justice Amina Modi-Yabo of Sokoto State High Court has sentenced 19-year-old Yasir Muhammad to 21 years imprisonment for raping...
Court sentences 3 to jail for stealing Aluminium frames in Ogun
Abeokuta, Feb. 19, 2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abeokuta on Thursday, sentenced three men to various jail terms for stealing aluminium frames...
Miner jailed 1 year for stealing cellphone
Jos, Feb. 18, 2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old miner, Mubarak Shaibu , to one year imprisonment for...
Mechanic bags 6 years imprisonment for stealing electrical equipment
Jos, Feb. 18, 2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Wednesday, sentenced a 26-year-old mechanic, Daniel David, to a term of six years ...
Court sentences FRIN staff to 2 months imprisonment for defamation
Ibadan,Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN) A Magistrates’Court in Iwo Road, Ibadan, has sentenced an employee of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Taiwo Abraham,...
Waiter gets 2 weeks’ community service for stealing employer’s N99,100
Ibadan, Feb. 13, 2026 (NAN)A Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has sentenced a waiter, Babatunde Adeyemo, to two weeks of community...
