Tag: Jail
Nigerian jailed for defrauding U.S. residents $3.4m with 25 accounts
A 39-year-old Nigerian, Olaniyi Nasiru Ojikutu, has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment in the United States for a romance scheme.
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Court jails Ex-Perm Sec, Edo SUBEB director over N160m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former Permanent Secretary, Peter Ayeni, and Director of...
EFCC chairman jailed for disobeying court order
The Kogi State High Court has ordered the remand of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for disobeying...
Ex-Maritime Academy official jailed 110 years for N22m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Charles Emmanuel Afaha, a former official of Maritime Academy of...
Chinese engineer jailed for spying in U.S.
A 31-year-old Chinese engineer, Ji Chaoqun, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for spying in the United States, in a case linked to...
Dani Alves jailed in Spain as Pumas UNAM terminates player’s contract
A Spanish judge has ordered that Brazil defender, Dani Alves, be jailed on remand without bail following an alleged sexual assault of a woman...
Court sentences 2 internet fraudsters to jail in Edo
The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Osemudiamen Aganjile and Ekoh Godswill, to six years imprisonment...
U.S. funeral home owner, mother jailed for selling body parts
A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, on Tuesday, for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting...
Again, court jails Mama Boko Haram, 2 others for N120m fraud
The Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, the state capital has again convicted and sentenced Aisha Alkali Wakil, well known as Mama Boko...
Reps consider jail term, fine for female circumcision
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill to amend the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 to increase the penalty...
