Tag: penal code

The group said individuals who attempt suicide need compassionate, evidence-based mental health support, not jail.

A court in Kano, northern Nigeria, recently convicted an atheist for making social media posts it found to be blasphemous ...

Ms Chikwendu and others were alleged to have criminally used the internet to send abusive messages with intent to bully, ...

Three persons have been charged with criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, concealing/keeping in confinement a kidnapped person and culpable homicide over the ...

The convict sodomised the boys, who are minors, and gave them N50 each.

The charge is said to attract a maximum of three years’ imprisonment without fine.

"We must not allow the rights we fought for and won to be abrogated by misconceived opinions," Akin Eyakenyi of ...

The prosecutor says the offence contravenes the penal code.

Mr Okpetu was to serve as the sixth prosecution witness to be presented to the court.

Critics have been jailed or imprisoned while some are being prosecuted for comments made on social media.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

According to the police, the deceased fell down from the pole after being electrocuted and died on the spot. The ...

The Nigerian Judiciary, through the decision of Justice Abubakar Talba of an Abuja high court on January 28, 2013 on ...

The mechanic said the car owner had not paid for previous services.

The accused used the money to treat his sick daughter