Jail

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced two travel agents to five years imprisonment for visa fraud. The police charged Oyeronke Gbadamosi, 28, and Muritala Bello, 42, with conspiracy, fraud and…

‎ A pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, an accountant and the…

‎Brazilian football star Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual assault on a young Albanian woman‎. The Milan Court of Appeal on Thursday confirmed the sentence on Robson de Souza, alias Robinho, for…

‎A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday sentenced six foreigners and a Nigerian to seven years imprisonment for oil theft. The verdict delivered by Justice J. K, Omotosho followed three years of…

A Kaduna Federal High Court presided over by Justice P. Mallong ‎has sentenced a former Registrar of the court, Mr Joseph Udoh to four years imprisonment for laundering the sum of N80 million. ‎This was disclosed in a statement…

‎ ‎‎A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that laundered $1.7 million from US companies through a Business Email Compromise scheme otherwise known as Alibaba. In addition to the jail term,…

After five months in detention over alleged forged passport, former Brazil star Ronaldinho was on Monday released by a Paraguayan judge. Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released Ronaldinho’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, who also had…

A 30-year-old teacher, Thomas Joshua has been sentenced to 28 months imprisonment by an Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos imprisonment for stealing N28,000 The Judge, Malam Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Joshua after he pleaded…