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A brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba has been sentenced to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.     Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.     The court also fined Paul Pogba’s brother €20,000 for participating in …

The mum of a seven-month-old baby boy who drowned in the bath as she played games on her phone has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter.  Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall d!£d in February 2022 after he fell from his newly fitted seat inside the tub.  Mum Danielle Massey, 31, had put Charlie in the tub and said she left him unattended “briefly” …

Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed immediate investigation and pardoning action on the case of a young man reportedly sentenced to de@th by hanging in Osun state for stealing a fowl.   In a statement signed by Governor’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday evening, December 17, the Governor ordered the Attorney General to intervene in the matter and ensure the young …

A 35-year-old Nigerian man and his Gambian wife, 27, have been sentenced to life in prison and fined Dh500,000 each for attempting to smuggle 4.2kg of marijuana into the United Arab Emirates (UAE).    The couple were arrested at Dubai International Airport on January 2, 2024, following a routine customs inspection.   The incident began when customs officers noticed an …

The Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Sthembiso Nkosinathi Mthimkhulu, to six terms of life imprisonment for the m8rder of six of his relatives in February 2021 in the Nkanini area of Eshowe.      The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a statement on Thursday, December 12, 2024, said that before the incident, one of …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has sentenced Mr Solomon Ogodo, a Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for his involvement in forgery, employment racketeering and fraud.   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)  had in December 2022 arraigned Mr Ogodo in charge no: CR/503/2022 before Justice M.S. Idris of the …

The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in South Africa has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Thulani Foshini Sikhundla to two life terms plus five years imprisonment for the brutal m8rder of his girlfriend, Dorris Alina Sibiya, and her daughter, Noxolo Simile Khoza.      The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a statement on Monday, December 8, 2024, said the accused …

A 39-year-old Nigerian national, Okechuckwu Valentine Osuji, was sentenced in New Haven, Connecticut, to eight years in prison for operating a business email compromise scheme out of multiple countries, including the United States.   Osuji was sentenced on Wednesday, December 4, 2024,  two years after he was arrested in Malaysia and extradited to the United States in 2022.   The …

A 44-year-old South African woman, Faith Nongcebo Ntombela, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the m8rder of her husband, Captain Zwelakhe Ntombela.   She was sentenced on Friday, November 29, 2024, by Durban High Court, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (known as the Hawks) said.    Zwelakhe Ntombela, an officer, who was stationed at Durban Metro Police, was shot …

Justice T.G. Ringin of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa Philip and an Immigration officer, Nasiru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment each for employment fraud to the tune of N1.640,000.   The trio were sentenced on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.    Bature and Philip were …