Last week, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) announced it would be amending s 60 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) to raise the punishment to up to six months imprisonment on summary conviction, and up to two
years imprisonment on conviction on indictment.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, who presided over the case at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, found him guilty of 77 counts and sentenced him to 2
years imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently.
The court, however, added that the seven
years imprisonment on each of the 12 counts, totalling 84 years jail term, must run consecutively but with an option of N5m on each of the counts, giving rise to N60m fine option for the 12 counts.
A Senior Magistrate Court at Auta Balefi in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State has sentenced one Egbunu Arome to two
years imprisonment on three - count...
Justice Buba found the nine persons guilty on a four - count charge and accordingly convicted and sentenced them to five
years imprisonment on each of the count.
In a related development, Justice Buba also convicted and sentenced Alakinde Wale and Boniface Onuabuchi to two
years imprisonment on a five count charge bordering on conspiracy and dealing in petroleum product without lawful authority.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of defilement and was sentenced, on his own plea, by the Court presided over by Ms. Audrey Kocuvie - Tay, to 25
years imprisonment on each count; to run concurrently.
Not exact matches
If an issuer finds that you knowingly provided false information
on your application, you could be charged with credit card fraud, which is punishable by up to $ 1 million in fines and / or 30
years of
imprisonment.
Havel also reflects
on his own moral failure during his first
imprisonment, five
years earlier.
I refer, first, to the media obloquy heaped
on the head of the Irish primate Cardinal Sean Brady for not reporting a Catholic priest for paedophile offences 40
years ago even though it was not his responsibility to do so; and, secondly, to the sentencing to varying terms of
imprisonment of nine Muslims for the gross sexual exploitation of a group of wretched, helpless, underage girls.
Believe me when I say that he exuded the spirit of Jesus as he sat up
on stage in our Pastor's easy chair brought from his office because Richard couldn't stand for very long due to the effects of the torture he had been subject to during his fourteen
year imprisonment in Rumania.
(He pleaded guilty in August to third - degree burglary, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, false
imprisonment and fourth - degree criminal mischief; he was sentenced to two
years in prison
on Oct. 28.)
He was sentenced to 10
years to
imprisonment on his first day in court but was later sent for psychiatric analysis and treatment following what the judge suspected was «unusual» about him.
Greenberg says New Yorkers don't seem to be that interested in the process, they just want to see an end result, a crack down
on rampant corruption that's led to multiple arrests, indictments, and
imprisonments of state lawmakers in recent
years.
Olajide had earlier been sentenced to three
years imprisonment with an option of N25, 000 fine
on 6th of April 2017 for burgling and stealing of a corps members properties worth N302, 000
on 10th November 2016 at Ebunoluwa area Ofatedo, Osogbo.
The prosecutor, Mr. Abiodun Fagboyinbo who happened to prosecute the first case when he (Olajide) was convicted for three
years imprisonment had also arraigned the accused person
on 8th, December 2016.
The president of Uganda, Kaguta Yoweri Museveni
on 24th of February, signed in a new law whereby a gay person will be jailed for 14
years and if caught
on committing the crime
on a second instance they will serve a life
imprisonment.
Justice Lateef Lawal Akapo of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,
on Monday convicted and sentenced a former court registrar, Mrs. Rosulu Idowu Oluronke, to 10
years Imprisonment.
A 18 -
year - old sales boy, Abdulkareem Ismail was
on Friday sentenced to one
year imprisonment for stealing 691,000 recharge card meant for his boss.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs Basiru in her ruling
on Friday said he is guilty of the one count charge preferred against him and sentences him to one
year imprisonment but he was given an option of N20, 000 fine.
The judge in his ruling based his conviction of the former Governor
on section 58 (5) of the Public Procurement Acts, saying «the law hands of the laws are tied to convict any person found guilty of breach of procurement acts to be sentenced to less than five
years imprisonment.
[Anyone] who, in public and against the facts, ascribes to the Polish Nation or to the Polish State, responsibility or co-responsibility for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich, [as] defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London
on August 8, 1945 -LSB-...], or for other offences which are crimes against peace [or] humanity or [that are] war crimes, or who otherwise grossly reduces the responsibility of the actual perpetrators of said crimes, is subject to a fine or [to]
imprisonment for up to 3
years.
A 36 -
year old grandmother, Bosede Oyetunde was
on Wednesday sent to one month
imprisonment by an Akure Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly throwing a-day-old baby boy...
They were pardoned in July 1996 from their sentences of
imprisonment both of 18
years, having served some ten months,
on the advice of Home Secretary Michael Howard.
The report added, «From counts 45 to 74, the convict was fined N500, 000 or 12 months
imprisonment on each count while
on counts 75 to 105, he is to pay a fine of N200, 000 or 12 months
imprisonment on each count with the exception of count 97 which appeared to be duplication.The sentences will run concurrently, meaning he will serve a maximum of two
years.»
Lance Corporal Benjamin Osage and Private Sunday Onwe were also sentenced to 20
years imprisonment each for offences bordering
on manslaughter and illegal possession of fire arms and ammunition.
A 56
year - old man, Taiwo Olubayode was
on Thursday sentenced to nine
years imprisonment by a Family Court sitting at Oke - Eda, Akure, the Ondo state capital...
A trader, Zakare Abdulrahman, was
on Friday sentenced to three
years imprisonment by a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Plateau for impregnating a 14 -
year - old minor.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
on Thursday said that Nigerians who engaged in double voters registration will be liable to one
year imprisonment.
------------------------ State Police arrested 26 -
year - old Scott Losee of Sherburne for 3rd degree assault, criminal mischief and unlawful
imprisonment, after troopers responded to a domestic dispute that occurred
on November 2 in Sherburne.
A former Permanent Secretary in Katsina State, Sule Saulawa, was
on Friday sentenced to seven
years»
imprisonment without the option of fine by the state's high court for advance fee fraud.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed
on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists» in the North East to terms of 10
years imprisonment.
A Statement detailing the action of General Buratai, signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, said, «The death sentences by firing squad passed
on 66 soldiers in January and March 2015 by separate General Court Martials have been commuted to 10
years imprisonment each.
A magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State
on Monday convicted and sentenced a 27 -
year - old man, Iyiola Wasiu to two months
imprisonment for cutting through a window net.
The Ogun House of Assembly
on Tuesday passed into law a bill proposing 25
years imprisonment for anyone found guilty of fraudulent conduct and...
Justice Ekwo sentenced the convicts to five
years»
imprisonment on each
on the four counts pressed against them, holding, however, that the prison terms would run concurrently.
The Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State,
on Tuesday sentenced two petroleum dealers to 20
years»
imprisonment without an option of fine for stealing Automotive Gas Oil, otherwise known as diesel, using forged documents.
The legislation, signed into law
on 24 February by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, mandates prison terms of up to 14
years for homosexual acts and life
imprisonment for «aggravated homosexuality,» such as sexual acts with a minor.
It highlights events surrounding the forced segregation of Apartheid and the escalating violence that lead to Mandela's arrest and 27
years of
imprisonment on Robben Island and in other prisons.
12
Years a Slave carries
on his tradition of expressing the crushing weight of confinement, the helplessness felt in the face of
imprisonment.
Nevertheless, they find him guilty and he's sentenced to life
imprisonment; but nine
years later he's
on parole and out for vengeance.
By means of interviews, diaries and letters from the arsonist during his
years of
imprisonment, Heivoll gradually constructs a model of what might have happened during those tense weeks, when residents sat silently
on their doorsteps all night hoping to catch the arsonist — described only as tall, thin and probably young by one victim, who glimpsed him through the smoke engulfing her kitchen.
For five
years, Dr. Dru Talbot survives war and
imprisonment on the dream of returning to his bride of a single night.
Our guide Gerald Garner is brilliant
on Johannesburg's history: the gold rush, the extraordinary boom town expansion (the population grew from a few farmers in 1886 to 80,000 within eight
years), the British colonisation, the Boer War, the imposition of apartheid, the
imprisonment and freeing of Mandela and the more recent fall and rebirth of the city.
One couple who made love
on a Dubai beach faced six
years imprisonment!
The players assume the role of a hero, who is tasked with finding a way to imprison the Titans, who've managed to escape after
years of
imprisonment, and are now causing mayhem and destruction
on Earth.
787 (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, every person who is convicted of an offence punishable
on summary conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or to a term of
imprisonment of not more than two
years less a day, or to both.
It is worth pointing out that a person guilty of an offence under this section is liable
on summary conviction to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both, and
on conviction
on indictment to a fine or
imprisonment not exceeding ten
years, or both.
Failure to comply with section 74 of the Election Act is an offence and,
on conviction, the employer may be liable to one or both of the following: a fine of up to $ 10,000 or
imprisonment for a term not longer than one
year.
The new offence will be triable either way with up to five
years»
imprisonment and / or a fine attractable
on indictment and 12 months and / or a fine
on offer summarily.