Court slams N1.5 million against Nigerian lawmaker over illegal detention of citizen
The police arrested Mr Etete in 2020, detained and later charged with threat to life and defamation of character after he posted an...
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The police arrested Mr Etete in 2020, detained and later charged with threat to life and defamation of character after he posted an...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered a lawmaker and two-time member of the State House of Assembly to pay compensation for the arrest and detention of a critic who consistently used Facebook to criticise the lawmaker for poor representation.
An 82-year-old chief who has 12 wives and 60 children has been sentenced to death by hanging for ordering and supervising the killing of a boy who was accused of wizardry. | Pulse Ghana
The high court sitting in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Essien Matthew Odiong, a 82-year-old village head of Efen Ibom, Ika LGA of the state to death over the murder of the one Udoma Udo Ubom.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, married to 12 wives and has 60 children, was standing trial on four counts