Jail Term – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:49:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Jail Term – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Beatrice Ekweremadu Returns to Nigeria After UK Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/beatrice-ekweremadu-returns-to-nigeria-after-uk-jail-term/ https://www.theinfostride.com/beatrice-ekweremadu-returns-to-nigeria-after-uk-jail-term/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:00:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=476177 Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria nearly two years after serving a jail term in the United Kingdom. Beatrice arrived in the country on Tuesday, January 21, touching down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where she was received by friends and relatives. Her return followed [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/beatrice-ekweremadu-returns-to-nigeria-after-uk-jail-term/feed/ 0 Kano Court Jails Football Coach Eight Years for Sodomising Minor https://www.theinfostride.com/kano-court-jails-football-coach-eight-years-for-sodomising-minor/ https://www.theinfostride.com/kano-court-jails-football-coach-eight-years-for-sodomising-minor/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:50 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=469318 A Kano State High Court has sentenced a football coach, Hayatu Muhammad, to eight years in prison for sodomising one of his underage players. The presiding judge, Justice Musa Dahuru Muhammad, delivered the judgment on Wednesday, sentencing the convict without the option of a fine. According to the prosecution, Hayatu, who resides in the Sanka [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/kano-court-jails-football-coach-eight-years-for-sodomising-minor/feed/ 0 AGF threatens jail term for Local Government chairmen tampering with FAAC allocations https://www.theinfostride.com/agf-threatens-jail-term-for-local-government-chairmen-tampering-with-faac-allocations/ https://www.theinfostride.com/agf-threatens-jail-term-for-local-government-chairmen-tampering-with-faac-allocations/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2024 09:35:03 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=385491 The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has vowed to ensure the conviction and imprisonment of any serving local government chairmen or councillors tampering with the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations to the LGs.  He disclosed this on Thursday at the 17th-anniversary annual lecture event of the Human [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/agf-threatens-jail-term-for-local-government-chairmen-tampering-with-faac-allocations/feed/ 0 Baba Ijesha’s Five-Year Jail Term Stands – Appeal Court https://www.theinfostride.com/baba-ijeshas-five-year-jail-term-stands-appeal-court/ https://www.theinfostride.com/baba-ijeshas-five-year-jail-term-stands-appeal-court/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:10:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=381882 The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the decision of the Lagos State High Court, which sentenced Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha to five years in prison for s*xually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. In its lead judgment, the Court of Appeal in Lagos, presided by Justice Folashade Ojo, found Baba Ijesha, guilty on counts 4 [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/baba-ijeshas-five-year-jail-term-stands-appeal-court/feed/ 0 Bold Move: Nigerian Reps Float Jail Term Proposal for Employers With Unpaid Salaries https://www.theinfostride.com/bold-move-nigerian-reps-float-jail-term-proposal-for-employers-with-unpaid-salaries/ https://www.theinfostride.com/bold-move-nigerian-reps-float-jail-term-proposal-for-employers-with-unpaid-salaries/#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2023 21:03:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=366004 Infostride News has reported on a significant development in the legislative landscape, as the House of Representatives unveils a groundbreaking proposal aimed at safeguarding the financial interests of employees across the nation. This pioneering initiative, known as the Employees Remuneration Protection Bill, 2023, is championed by Wale Hammed, a distinguished member of the House representing [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/bold-move-nigerian-reps-float-jail-term-proposal-for-employers-with-unpaid-salaries/feed/ 0 Senate Proposes 14-Year Jail Term For Lecturers That Demand Sex From Students https://www.theinfostride.com/senate-proposes-14-year-jail-term-for-lecturers-that-demand-sex-from-students/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:09:15 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240451 The Senate is considering a 14-year jail term for sexual predators among lecturers in Nigerian universities. The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege and Senate Leader, Abdullahi Yahaya, respectively scaled through the 2nd reading on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. The sexual harassment legislation titled “A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit [...]

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]]> Bill Cosby Deserves Jail Term – Amber Rose https://www.theinfostride.com/bill-cosby-deserves-jail-term-amber-rose/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:03:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217315 Amber Rose is probably one of the few celebrities who has come out to speak about the sentencing handed Bill Cosby as she thinks he deserves the jail term while calling him a sexual predator. The model made her views known on her Instagram page on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. According to her, the fact [...]

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]]> Yakubu Dogara Prefers 6 Months Jail Term For Shunting https://www.theinfostride.com/yakubu-dogara-prefers-6-months-jail-term-for-shunting/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:06:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=166849 A Bill proposing six months imprisonment for persons who shunt or distort queues in public places on Thursday scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. The Sponsor of the bill, Rep. Abubakar Amuda-Kannike (Kwara-APC), while leading debate on it, said that it sought to ensure that Nigerians conducted themselves orderly in public places. Amuda-Kannike [...]

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]]> House of Reps Propose 20-Year Jail Term For Financial Crimes https://www.theinfostride.com/house-of-reps-propose-20-year-jail-term-for-financial-crimes/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 05:31:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=160728 As part of the new amendments to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004, the House of Representatives wants 20 years jail term for convicts. The lawmakers believe that the current penalty for economic and financial crimes, which is two years imprisonment, is too “lenient.” According to Punch, which obtained the details of the [...]

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]]> Audu Maikori Faces 7-Year Jail Term If Found Guilty https://www.theinfostride.com/audu-maikori-faces-7-year-jail-term-if-found-guilty/ Sat, 11 Mar 2017 01:08:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=158733 Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori has been arrested again by Nigerian Police. This time, he wasn’t transported to Abuja, but Kaduna State. Maikori had earlier claimed that five students of College of Education, GidanWaya, Kaduna State, were killed in the conflict in southern Kaduna. He later retracted the comments, stating that he was misinformed by [...]

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]]> Seun Egbegbe Faces 3-Year Jail Term If Found Guilty Of Stealing https://www.theinfostride.com/seun-egbegbe-faces-3-year-jail-term-if-found-guilty-of-stealing/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:38:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=149386 Seun Egbegbe, a filmmaker and marketer was arrested on Tuesday morning for attempting to steal nine iPhones at popular Lagos market, Computer Village. Then yesterday, November 24, he was granted bail after being brought before A. J. Atunwa at Roselyne Omotosho Court House in GRA, Ikeja, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges. The [...]

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]]> Daddy Freeze In Support Of Koffi Olomide’s Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/daddy-freeze-in-support-of-koffi-olomides-jail-term/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=137772 Soukous legend Koffi Olomide, 60, has been sentenced to a year in prison in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo for assaulting a woman in Nairobi, Kenya. Now, OAP Freeze is adding his two cents to the ongoing drama surrounding Koffi Olomide who was jailed for kicking his dancer in the stomach. The controversial Cool FM [...]

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]]> Banker Bags 39-Year Jail Term For Stealing From The Dead https://www.theinfostride.com/banker-bags-39-year-jail-term-for-stealing-from-the-dead/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:42:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132092 A banker, Olawale Garuba was sentenced to 39-year imprisonment on June 9 by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court. The banker was convicted for stealing from the dead. The convict was arraigned alongside six others in July 2015 for conspiring among themselves to steal over N30,000,000 (Thirty Million Naira) from the bank [...]

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]]> N34.5m Land Fraud: Court Sentenced Rtd Colonel Okpala To 7 Years Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/n34-5m-land-fraud-court-sentenced-rtd-colonel-okpala-to-7-years-jail-term/ Sun, 29 May 2016 09:44:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=130213 A 62-year old retired colonel, Eugene Okpala, has been sentenced by Justice F. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on Wednesday, May 25 to seven years imprisonment in a case of conspiracy, and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N34.5million (thirty-four million, five hundred thousand naira) brought against him [...]

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]]> Court Sentenced Ex-NIMASA DG Omatseye To 5-Year Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/court-sentenced-ex-nimasa-dg-omatseye-to-5-year-jail-term/ Sun, 22 May 2016 22:45:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=129443 Justice has been finally served after five years of grueling legal battle as the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on May 20 convicted a former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Temisan Omatseye. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia in a landmark ruling convicted the former DG on 25 of the 27-count charge [...]

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]]> N2.1m Fraud: One Godwin Okeke Bags 3-Year Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/n2-1m-fraud-one-godwin-okeke-bags-3-year-jail-term/ Wed, 11 May 2016 21:03:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=128295 Godwin Nnam Okeke was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday before Justice M.N. Yinusa of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu. The convict, who had evaded arrest for several months, was eventually arrested on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 and was arraigned five days after on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by [...]

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]]> N160m Fraud: Court Sentenced Three Ex-Council Officials To 12 Years Jail Term https://www.theinfostride.com/n160m-fraud-court-sentenced-three-ex-council-officials-to-12-years-jail-term/ Tue, 10 May 2016 08:50:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=128245 Three former officials of Bassa Local Government Council, Kogi State have been convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment over a N160m (One Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) fraud. Justice J.J. Majebi of the Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, Kogi State made the ruling. The convicts: Joseph Y. Agbo, Director, Local Government and Head [...]

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]]> Court Setenced 20 Oil Thieves To Six Years Jail Terms https://www.theinfostride.com/court-setenced-20-oil-thieves-to-six-years-jail-terms/ Tue, 03 May 2016 09:14:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127277 The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos last week through Justice Ibrahim Buba convicted twenty persons for illegal dealing and storage of petroleum products. The convicts are Captain Daniel Lebile, Ala Ibanibo, Wole Ajayi, Adesunloye Fani-Kayode, Michael Mgbanwa, Segun Ekundemi, Johnson Mashebinu, Ndidi Benjamin, Bright Nwaezuoke, Blessing Omoviye and Kayode Ireti. Others are Chuks Isiwepkweni, Friday Nchikpa, Peter [...]

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