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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying a valid court order. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice M. O. Olajuwon, held that the IGP should be committed to …

Prison Officers across the country, have petitioned government, for better conditions of service for the Ghana Prison Service. The Petition dated Monday, 28 November 2022, by a group calling itself Prison Officers With The Service At Heart (POWTSAH), also called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, the Chief Justice …

Huang Lei, the son of galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, has been remanded by the Accra Criminal Court 5 Division of the High Court to the Nsawam Medium security prison. This is pending Huang Lei’s trial for immigration offences. Aisha Huang’s son is standing trial together with another Chinese national, Huang Haihua …

Barely 72 hours after report of popular Nigerian socialite and internet sensation, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi being sentenced to 11 years in prison made headlines, a short clip of him having a video chat with a friend from prison is making rounds online. Hushpuppi, who was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 and …

Nigerian socialite Ramos Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for internet fraud and money laundering. The 39-year-old internet sensation was first arrested in June 2020. He was initially scheduled for sentencing on February 14, 2022, after he pleaded guilty in 2021. The date was then moved to …

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has regained his freedom following the expiration of his prison term for contempt of court. The country’s government official disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 7. Correctional services said he had been released from their system having served only part of his …

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos has convicted Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a kidnap kingpin better known as Evans, on charges of conspiracy and kidnapping. This comes a few months after Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja sent him to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of conspiracy …

Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas has appealed to the United States Judge Otis Wright to havemercy and hand him a lighter jail term ahead of his sentencing later this month, saying he had become a changed person after scoring high in cleaning activities. Hushpuppi’s record seen by Peoples Gazette as part of …

Eyinatayo Iluyomade, a 19-year-old Lagos-based comedian, has been arrested and charged to court for saying an expensive joke. The skit maker was alleged to have dropped a threat note of robbery at First Bank’s Sabo branch counter, in Ondo town, on Friday. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun …

The Nigerian government has released former Governors of Plateau and Taraba states, Senator Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame respectively from prison. The two ex-convicts were released less than four months after they were granted state pardon by the National Council of State (NCS). The two former governors were among 159 …