LAGOS JULT 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ghanaian pastor in the United States of America, Sylvester Ofori, who shot and killed his wife Barbara Tommey in 2020, has been sentenced to life in prison. Ofori was sentenced after a jury trial which began on Monday, July 22nd on charges of first-degree murder. The Ghanaian pleaded guilty to the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nwachukwu Placidus, a former manager with a branch of First City Monument Bank, FCMB in Onitsha, Anambra State has been sentenced to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for stealing N112 million belonging to a customer. Placidus was arrested following a petition by Idemili Microfinance Bank LTD to the Economic and Financial Crimes…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State High Court has found the popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Iran’s judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of “waging war on God”, its Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over its fierce crackdown on demonstrators. Iran hanged two other men on Saturday, one of them a karate champion with several national titles, in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest in the country. The ruling likely marks the first death sentence in the trials of those arrested for participating in protests that have swept Iran over the…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 42-year-old prince, Ademola Omoniyi, to death by hanging for killing the traditional ruler of his community. Omoniyi was arraigned on one count of murder contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code, Cap. C16, Laws of…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Dozens of militia members have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for their involvement in the murder of two UN experts. Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan and American Michael Sharp were abducted and killed in the Kasai region in 2017. They were investigating alleged mass graves after fighting broke…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Gambian court sentenced an ally of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to death Wednesday for his role in the murder of a former finance minister, an AFP journalist saw. Jammeh seized power in 1994 as part of a bloodless military coup in the tiny West African state. He then ruled with an iron…