He was released from his 11 years imprisonment following pro-bono litigation by Avocats Sans Frontières France.
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Jonah was arrested in 2016 at his friend’s naming ceremony and was charged with three other guys thereafter.
The defendants, whose addresses were not provided during trial, are facing a count charge of defilement.
The court in Saint Petersburg found him guilty of “attempted terrorism’’ for throwing Molotov cocktails at the buildings of two district defence offices a few months ago in protest against Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The defendants were remanded on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault following their arraignment on Friday.
The primary objective of this proposal is to introduce a comprehensive system of prison electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial.
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old trader, Ali Badamosi, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a pressing iron and precious stones valued at N16,000 and N500,000 respectively from his neighbour.
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court in Benue State on Wednesday remanded three teenagers: Terngu Tse, Akaa Samuel and Samuel Gawon, for alleged conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society.
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 37-year-old man, Taiwo Ishola, for killing his younger brother’s two children.
Fifty-three-year-old Sunday Dosunmu, earlier arrested for stealing parked cars, has been re-arrested again for the same offence in Ogun State.
The officials of Nigeria Correctional Service, who were in court to convey the embattled suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to their custody left without taking the defendant, on Tuesday.
This followed a remand proceeding preferred against him by the Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday.
An Upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, sentenced the convict to six months in prison without an option of fine.
Its Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan.
This is contained in a release signed by Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Bala Elkana and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday.
Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison in 2009 for running a pyramid-style scheme that defrauded tens of thousands of people around the world.
The Chief Magistrate, P.E. Nwaka, gave the remand order at a Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday.
Thailand’s Criminal Court initially handed the prison term to the former revenue department official, but the sentence was halved because she pleaded guilty, according to court documents seen by dpa.
Nigeria’s Ibeabuchi last fought in 1999 as he went 20-0 against future world champion Chris Byrd before a series of run-ins with the law saw “The President” put away.
The police had charged Yakubu, a resident of Maraba in Nasarawa State, with committing theft.