Ex-Mauritania President Gets 15-Year Jail Term After Appeal
Mauritania's Nouakchott Court of Appeal has sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years imprisonment for corruption charges ...
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R. Kelly Loses Appeal As Court Upholds 30-Year Jail Term
A federal appeals court in Manhattan has confirmed R. Kelly’s 30-year prison sentence and convictions for racketeering and sex trafficking. ...
Nigerian Pilot Faces Five-Year Jail Term for Forging Statements in US
Olukayode Ojo, a 36-year-old Nigerian, is facing a five-year jail term in Texas, United States, after being found guilty of ...
Lagos High Court Sentences Lawyer to Five Years Jail Term for Drug Peddling
The Federal High Court in Lagos has just sentenced a 26-year-old lawyer by name, Sulaimon Kaosarat Yetunde, to five years ...
Nigerian Fintech Executives Gets Jail Term in the US Over Money Laundering
The top executives of a United States-based fintech company, Ping Express have been slammed with 27 months imprisonment for breaching ...
Killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle found guilty of murder
Nipsey Hussle's killer has been found guilty of the rapper's murder after shooting and killing him in Los Angeles minutes ...
APC senator receives a sentence of seven years jail term for money laundering
The Delta North Senatorial District's Peter Nwaoboshi was found guilty of money laundering on Friday by the Court of Appeal ...
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