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A 27-year-old Nigerian man, Lekan Akinsoji, and his accomplice, Sundjata Keita, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom for the 2017 murder of Ahmed Deen-Jah in East…

A Brazilian couple has been sentenced to a combined 79 years in prison for the brutal rape and murder of Venezuelan circus performer Julieta Ines Hernandez Martinez, whose body was…

Content creator Olaoluwa Segun, who was jailed for falsely claiming that Nollywood actress Dayo Amusa was living with HIV, has shared details of his traumatic experience in…

A Malaysian high court has sentenced 13 male students for the 2024 murder of their schoolmate at Kolej Vokasional Lahad Datu, in a case that has shocked the nation for…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced 15 Chinese nationals for crimes related to cyberterrorism and internet fraud, the Economic and Financial Crimes…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old man, Sunday Gmaed, to three months in prison for stealing seven chickens valued at N57,000. Chief…

A Magistrate Court in Kano State has sentenced popular TikTok content creator, Umar Hashim, also known as Tsulange, to one year imprisonment for public indecency. The court, presided over…

A United States court has sentenced a France-based Nigerian, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, to three years and five months in prison for his role in an $8 million disaster fraud scheme targeting…

A teacher, Claasen, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after a court found his alibi in a rape case to be false beyond reasonable doubt and convicted him of the crime. During…

A Ugandan court has sentenced an 18-year-old man to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl during a church service in April 2025. The assault took place when the…