Lagos court sentences American businessman to 74 years imprisonment

Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Nigeria, has sentenced an American businessman, Marco Ramirez to 74 years in prison over $1.6m fraud. Ramirez was sentenced on Tuesday following the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had arraigned the convict on a 12-count charge but later […]

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Six men get 140 years imprisonment for robbery and conspiracy in Ekiti

A High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced six men to a total of 140 years for conspiracy, robbery and receiving stolen properties. Four of the convicts were sentenced to 21 years each for robbery and seven years each for conspiracy, the remaining two were jailed for 14 years each […]

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Nigerian actress gets 6 months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on New Naira notes

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, presided over by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on  Thursday, February 1, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a social event in Lagos. She was first arraigned on February 13, 2023, by the […]

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Woman gets 27 years imprisonment for arranging husband’s murder with her boyfriend’s help

Mapula Florah Manaka, a South African woman, was on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, sentenced to 27 years imprisonment for orchestrating the murder of her husband, Archie Manaka during an incident. The Limpopo High court in Polokwane heard that Flora, 40, and her boyfriend plotted a murder against Archie, 43, who was an IT Specialist in […]

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Lagos lawyer sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment

Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria and presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada has sentenced a lawyer, Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku, to seven years imprisonment for offenses bordering on perjury and fabrication of evidence brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A statement released by […]

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Nigerian pastor sentenced to life imprisonment for raping 17 year old girl

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Peter Kekemeke has sentenced a 29-year-old pastor, Stephen Kalu, to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl. Kalu of the Adoration Ministry, Karshi, Abuja, was arraigned before the court on two counts bordering on rape. He was charged with having sexual intercourse […]

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Woman sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in Kano for N2.9m fraud

Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today July 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar before Justice J.K Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretense. The convict fraudulently sold a plot of land to the complainant […]

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Nigerian man gets 18 years imprisonment in England, for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl

Croydon Crown court, England, has sentenced a 64-year-old Nigerian-born man, Adeyinka Ajose, to 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenager. The convict, Ajose was handed down the sentence on Thursday after admitting to multiple sexual offences committed against the victim. Ajose was found guilty on four counts of the rape of a female […]

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Marathon sex deliverance gets pastor 6 years imprisonment

43-year old self acclaimed pastor, Mr. Emmanuel Uche Jonah, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment without an option of fine for fraud and engaging a young lady in marathon sex for several days in the name of deliverance. According to P.M Express, the court found Jonah guilty as charged and sentenced him accordingly for […]

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