A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Ayodeji Alomoge, to death by hanging for killing one Ogunleye Ayomide, for having an affair with his wife. Alomoge was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in April 2023 on one count charge of murder. …
Read More »Court sentences evangelist and five others to death by hanging for armed robbery
Evangelist Adewale Adelu and five others have been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery. They were found guilty of robbing two commercial banks in Akure and Idanre on November 19 and December 8, 2011, in Akure and Idanre. Other members of the gang sentenced to death …
Read More »Court sentences woman to death by hanging for killing Enugu makeup artist
An Enugu State High Court has sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for the murder of a 27-year-old makeup artist, Ijeoma Nneke. The court presided over by Honourable Justice Kenneth Okpe, in a two-hour judgement on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, found the accused, Chiamaka Ifezue, guilty of killing …
Read More »Lagos court sentences man to life imprisonment for defiling his wife's 14-year-old niece and infecting her with HIV
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced one Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s 14-year-old niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). During the trial, the State Counsel, Mr Ola Azeez, called three witnesses to prove the prosecution’s case while …
Read More »Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing his brother in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Arowolo Sunday, to death by hanging for the murder of his half-brother. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on November 5, 2021, on one count of murder. According to the charge, the defendant, …
Read More »Court sentences Lagos cleric, Feyi Daniels to life in prison for raping church member (video)
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has sentenced a clergyman, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life in prison for the offence of raping a pastor in his church, “I Reign Christian Ministry” in June 2020. Delivering judgment in the case today January 26, the …
Read More »Court sentences five vigilante members to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing of 17-year-old boy in Kano
The Kano State High Court, presided over by Chief Judge Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, has sentenced five members of a vigilante group to death by hanging for the extrajudicial killing of a 17-year-old boy, Ahmed Musa. The five convicted persons who were attached to the Sani Abacha Youth Centre, …
Read More »Court sentences self-styled Ondo traditional ruler and five others to two years imprisonment over communal crisis
An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure has sentenced six people to two years imprisonment for violence and breach of peace in the coastal community of Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The six convicts, Oluwambe Ojagbohunmi, who claimed to be the traditional ruler and …
Read More »Court sentences two men to 70 years imprisonment for removing 6-year-old girl's genitals for ritual in Bauchi
Bauchi State High Court 1 has sentenced two persons, Adamu Abdulra’uf and Abdulkadir Wada, to 35 years imprisonment each for causing grievous hurt and attempting to commit culpable homicide on a six-year-old girl. The court had earlier heard how the defendants, on December 30, 2020, at Jama’are Local Government …
Read More »Court sentences APC leader to 1-year imprisonment for vote buying in Lagos
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State has sentenced Wahab Hammed to one-year imprisonment for vote buying during the Presidential and National Assembly Elections held on February 25. Justice Ismail Ijelu, on Thursday, December 7, 2023, sentenced Hammed, to one-year imprisonment and a fine option of N500,000 on each …
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