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Penal Code

December 7, 2022

Police arrest shop attendants for stealing provisions

The accused attendants were employed in September before allegedly looting the shop.

Court
November 23, 2022

Police arraign unemployed man for possession of fabricated firearm

The unemployed man, who pleaded not guilty, was granted N200,000 bail with one surety.

Gavel
October 31, 2022

Seven unemployed men in Abuja docked for allegedly constituting nuisance

The police charged the men for criminal conspiracy, making the atmosphere noxious to health and constituting nuisance.

Court
October 6, 2022

Security guard, 1 other remanded over theft of building materials

The prosecution counsel said that the defendants allegedly sold the stolen items to a man simply identified as Nafiu now at large.

Court
August 23, 2022

Man bags eight months’ jail for deadly slap on neighbour

The convict who resides in Daki Biyu, Jabi, Abuja pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of criminal force and assault.

Court
June 16, 2022

Abuja mechanic bags nine months’ jail for stealing customer’s car

The convict confessed that he sold the car for N300,000 without documents and the consent of the complainant, the prosecutor told court.

Court Gavel
April 27, 2022

Three men arraigned for wandering in Abuja

Three men were docked in a Grade I Area Court in Karu for wandering in black spots in Abuja.

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)
April 13, 2022

Kaduna thief jailed 15 months for stealing generator

Court ordered that 24-year-old Friday Simon be given 10 strokes of the cane and 15 months’ imprisonment for stealing a generator.

Honda Generator [Photo Credit: Google]
April 6, 2022

Kano court remands 107-year-old woman for plucking out boy’s eye

Hassan, the first defendant, was allegedly ordered to bring a human eye to be used in preparing an “appear and disappear” charm by the old woman.

Court room
August 27, 2021

Fake air force officer bags 6 months in prison for impersonation

The suspect had gone to the Zuba fruit market in Abuja intimidating people and parading himself as an air force officer.

Gavel used to illustrate the story