Tag Archives: SENTENCED

  Justice Olukayode Ogundana of an Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Ajakaiye Toyin to death by hanging for the murder of one Afe Omoniyi, a commercial motorcyclist. Toyin had engaged the service of Omonyi on August 23, 2022, to convey him from Agbado-Ekiti to his farm along Ode …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, has sentenced a 24-year-old cultist, Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for engaging in cultism.   The court also sentenced the man to life imprisonment for raping a 20-year-old neighbour and student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti.   Segun was tried …

Two Tiktok stars in in Nigeria’s Kano State have been found guilty of defaming state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The magistrate’s court also found them of engaging in actions that could disturb public peace. The sentence included offering a public apology to the governor, being given 20 lashes each, an …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

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 …

Human rights activists are making all efforts possible to prevent the stoning to death of a 20-year-old woman who has been accused of adultery. According to the BBC, the woman was found guilty in June 2022 by a court in the city of Kosti, in Sudan’s White Nile state. With the help …

The Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to death by hanging for committing murder. The convict, Kofi Adjei popularly known as Chilling had an altercation with the deceased who is known in Assin Fosu as Kankani. As a result, the convict stabbed the deceased with scissors which …

Renowned broadcaster Kwasi Kyei Darkwa, popularly known as KKD, has called for the introduction of capital punishment for government officials caught stealing from the state. KKD explained that the move has become necessary because corruption in the government is the number one factor hindering the country’s development, and killing people …

A Social Studies teacher in Tamale has been sentenced to a 7-year jail term for sodomising 18 pupils. Mr Natomah Otabil was guilty of the crime by the Tamale Circuit Court. All his victims are pupils of Kulpi Junior High School in the Savanna Region. He was first apprehended by …

Two robbers who were arrested by the Police at Abesewa, a suburb of Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region have been handed 20 and 10 years jail terms in hard labour respectively. The convicts, Sumaila Nketia alias Last Two and Kwabena Nyameke alias Kalilu were arrested following police intelligence-driven investigation and …