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A Magistrates Court has sentenced two persons for stealing 404 pieces of catfish valued at N606,000 belonging to their boss in the Isabo Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The convicts, who worked on a farm in Ilewo, were indicted on two counts of felony theft. The prosecutor, Olakunle Shonibare, told the …

A Magistrates Court has sentenced a 28-year-old businessman to six months imprisonment for cheating a tomato seller in Nigeria, reports said. “The convict was given N50,000 to supply 20 baskets of tomatoes and he converted the money to his personal use,” according to the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat. Magistrate Shawomi …