Tag: Jail
Burna Boy: I was jailed in UK before turning singer
Grammy-award winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, fondly called Burna Boy, says he was jailed in Chelmsford in United Kingdom before he became a musician.
Burna...
Court jails fake army general 7 years for N266.5m fraud
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday, sentenced a fake Army General, Bolarinwa Abiodun, to seven years imprisonment over a...
Man bags jail term for internet fraud in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Yusuf Abass before Justice S. U. Bature of the FCT High...
Ex-convict bags jail term over $75
The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced an ex-convict, Ekemini Akininyene Effiong, to eight months imprisonment for criminal impersonation...
Internet fraudster bags jail term in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of an internet fraudster, Nuhu Zakari, before Justice Sherifat Solebo of...
U.S. court sentences Panama ex-President’s sons to jail
A New York court on Friday sentenced two sons of former Panama President, Ricardo Martinelli, to three years in prison on charges of corruption...
Man bags jail term for stealing bags of rice
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Barau Aminu, to six months imprisonment for stealing five bags of rice and N200,000...
Businessman jailed for stealing hotel TV
A Grade I Area Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday, sentenced a 32-year-old businessman, Teryange Awuna, to eight months...
Man bags jail term for fraud in Borno
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Modu Ali before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the...
Man bags one year jail term for internet fraud in Lagos
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced one Aliu Tijani to one year imprisonment for internet fraud.
Tijani was sentenced to...
