The Popular Yoruba actor request to set aside the judgement of the lower court has been declined by the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal as the court upheld a previous ruling by a Lagos State High Court, confirming a five-year prison sentence for Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba Ijesha, for the sexual assault of a minor aged 14.The Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered by Justice Folashade Ojo, upheld the conviction of Baba Ijesha on two...

The Appeal Court in Kano has recently reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from 24 years to five years.Bala was arrested at his Kaduna residence on charges of blasphemy and incitement. Originally sentenced by a Kano State High Court in 2022, Bala appealed his conviction after pleading guilty to causing public disturbance.News emerged on Monday that the Court of Appeal had granted Bala's appeal, reducing his sent...

The controversial prophet in Akure; Sotitobire who was alleged to have kidnapped a year old baby in his church few months ago has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ondo high court in Akure.The Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa and five others to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold kolawole in the church last year. Justice Olusegun Odusola in his judgement convicted the defendants having found them...