A Lagos State court has sentenced Emmanuel Buchi, a security guard, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a nurse in a school clinic at Greensprings School, Awoyaya, Ibeju-Lekki. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court delivered the ruling on Wednesday, following evidence that Buchi raped the 37-year-old nurse on 27…
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Oyo State after being found guilty of murdering a taxi driver in a violent dispute that escalated from a road accident. Justice Oyeyemi Ajayi of the Oyo State High Court announced the verdict on Monday, convicting Segun Taiwo (36), Kehinde Ademola (46), Yahaya Adeniyi (45),…
Finnish prosecutors handling the case of pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, are seeking a six-year prison sentence for him if found guilty. Ekpa is standing trial on terrorism charges. He appeared in the Päijät-Häme District Court on Friday for a preparatory hearing on terrorism-related charges, according to a Finnish local news medium, Yle. The prosecutor reportedly…
