

Labourer jailed 1 year for stealing N51,000
A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Monday sentenced a labourer, El-Kanan Emmanuel, to five years imprisonment for stealing N 51,000. The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Emmanuel after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass, theft and begged the court for leniency. Suleiman, however, gave the convict an option of N20,000 fine. […]