A Nigerian national, Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 56-year-old woman, Nila Patel, in Leicester, United Kingdom. Ahanonu, 24, was found guilty by a jury at Leicester Crown Court on Monday and sentenced on Tuesday for the attack, which occurred on June 24, 2025, along Infirmary Road. According [...
•Late Stephanie Irons and Adedapo Adegbola A UK-based Nigerian man, Adedapo Adegbola has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman he worked with after she ended their brief ‘controlling relationship’. Adegbola fatally stabbed 23-year-old Stephanie Irons in the neck at her home in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, on 21 October. Notting...
•Nnamdi Kanu The Methodist Archbishop of Okigwe Archdiocese, Most Rev. Livinus Biereonwu Onuagha, has criticised the life imprisonment sentence handed down to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing it as a grave misjudgment and a decision he believes does not reflect fairness or justice. Reacting to ...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to life imprisonment. Justice Omotosho delivered the judgment today, four years after Kanu was arrested in Kenya under contentious circumstances and brought back to Nigeria, rep...
•Nigerian Senate chamber The Senate has unanimously passed a groundbreaking bill that mandates life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of defiling a minor, with no option for fines. This decisive move marks a significant step towards protecting the rights and safety of children across the nation, reports Channels TV. The proposal which is pa...
The Kogi State High Court sitting at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government has convicted one Husseini Mustapha for raping a minor, sentencing him to life imprisonment. Justice Hauwa Yusuf, the presiding judge, delivered the judgement on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 in the court, reports Daily Trust. The convict was said to have committed the offenc...
A Niger State High Court sitting in Minna has convicted a 32-year-old man, Abubakar Muhammad Buba, to life imprisonment for killing his biological father. He was arraigned on October 9, 2023 on four counts, including charges of criminal misappropriation and culpable homicide punishable under Sections 224 and 397 of the Penal Code Law, reports ...
•Late British-Pakistani girl Sara Sharif (Photo by Surrey Police / AFP) A UK court today handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged “campaign of torture” and “despicable abuse”. Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, will serve at least 4...
A court in Pakistan’s conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has sentenced a man(name withheld) to life imprisonment for raping and kidnapping his underage wife, the victim’s lawyer said today. “This is the first decision of its kind in the province,” the lawyer, Mian Safeer, said. The decision was announced by a court that deals with cases ...
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