A court in Germany on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot. The man’s girlfriend was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking part in…
Woman jailed for 7 years for handing over girl, 3, for female genital mutilation
A British woman has been jailed for seven years in a legal first after she was found guilty of handing over a three-year-old who was subjected to female genital mutilation. Amina Noor, 40, took the toddler, who cannot be named…
Pregnant woman arrested for killing mother over plantain in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a pregnant woman identified as Blessing Godday for allegedly stabbing another woman, Mrs Imeran Idema, to death over a bunch of plantain allegedly stolen by the former in Adada community in the Abua/Odual…
Hong Kong court orders China’s Evergrande, which owes $300b, to liquidate
A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden. Judge…
Russian court jails woman for 27 years over killing of pro-Kremlin blogger
A Russian court has sentenced antiwar activist Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for killing a prominent ultra-nationalist blogger in an attack that Moscow said was orchestrated by Ukraine. In April last year, Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a…
Court sentences man to life imprisonment for sexual assault on his 3 children
A Lagos High Court has sentenced Samuel Ademola Oladimeji to life imprisonment for the sexual assault by penetration on his three children. The ruling was delivered by Justice Abiola Sholadoye of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja. Justice Sholadoye,…
Man arraigned for fraud, 3 arrested for armed robbery, Police arrest traffic robbers and more
What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Man arraigned for alleged N20m fraud in Lagos (Punch) A 47-year-old man, Erivona Yoma, was arraigned…
Elderly French couple lose rare African mask case worth millions
A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£3.6m; $4.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he found in an elderly French couple’s attic. He had been brought in to help clear the attic…
Senegal court orders opposition leader Sonko to be reinstated on electoral list
A Senegal court has ordered jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to be reinstated on the electoral register, a ruling that could pave the way for him to run in a February presidential election, Sonko’s lawyer Cire Cledor Ly said on…
3 Japanese ex-soldiers convicted in landmark sex assault case
A court in Japan has found three former soldiers guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague, in a case that has broken taboos and brought the issue of sexual violence to the forefront in the male-dominated society. The court in…