By Aluta News May 20, 2022 A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to deathContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 5, 2022 An Ado Ekiti High Court on Thursday sentenced 42-year-old man, Ademola Omoniyi to death by hanging for murdering a traditional ruler. Delivering judgment, Justice Olukayode Ogundana, dispelled the notion that the convict was insane. ”This court sentences Ademola Omoniyi to death and shall beContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 27, 2022 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mrs Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia, to one year community service. Daniel-Nwobia who was convicted on April 7 was given the sentence over her role in the botched March 15, 2014 NigeriaContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 13, 2022 A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, ordered that a 24-year-old ex-convict, Friday Simon be given 10 strokes of the cane and 15 months imprisonment for stealing a generator. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Simon after he pleaded guilty to two counts of house breakingContinue Reading
By Aluta News Mar. 25, 2022 A Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Oshodi has sentenced a socialite, Ms Chidinma Ogbulu, to two years in prison for distributing petrol as a souvenir during a party. Chief Magistrate Kehinde Ogundare convicted and sentenced the socialite following her guilty pleaContinue Reading
By Aluta News Mar. 16, 2022 A Kano State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, sentenced 18-year-old man, Aminu Rabi’u, to 14 days community service for stealing two hens. Rabi’u, who lives at Kwanan Bariki Quarters, Kano, was convicted on two-count charge bordering on theft and cruelty to animal. The prosecutor,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 14, 2022 A Dei-dei Grade 1 Area Court, Shagari Quarters, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced two security guards, Pius Gaman and Sunday Joseph to 10 months imprisonment for stealing doors worth N14, 040,000.00. The convicts, who had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges of joint act andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 9, 2022 An Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha on Wednesday sentenced two men Valentine Umezinwa and Emeka Okolonji, to death for killing one Blessing Eze, a sex worker. Justice D.A . Onyefulu said the prosecution established beyond reasonable doubt that the defendants were guilty asContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 19, 2022 A 38-year-old businessman, Ofure Siakpere was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old in-law (name withheld. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Siakpere afterContinue Reading
By A uta News Dec. 20, 2021 A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Monday, sentenced a man, Emmanuel Samson to six years imprisonment for stabbing his former wife Alice. Also sentenced to six years imprisonment is Samson’s friend, Lucky Obere. Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Olufemi Ayedun, held that theContinue Reading
