A Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old trader, Jibrin Yusuf, to 10 strokes of the cane after he admitted to assaulting his friend, Abubakar Haruna, over a N3,000 debt.

Nakuru, Kenya: You risk being whipped 20 lashes if you are caught selling or partaking illicit brew at villages in Kuresoi Sub-County. Elders in the region have endorsed public flogging as a sanction ...

A student of the Obada Idi-Emi High School, Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, simply identified as Ariyo, has died after completing 162 frog jumps and being whiped many strokes of cane.

The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, passing the judgement on Thursday, June 9, 2016, reportedly gave the suspect, Mr John Okeke, the option of fine in the sum of N8000, and ordered that he be flogged six ...

SINGAPORE – With billions lost to scams in Singapore in recent years, the country plans to cane scammers and mules under newly proposed laws to tackle the scourge. Scammers, and members and recruiters ...

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that an ex-convict, Ezekiel Francis, 28, be given 10 strokes of cane for stealing ₦20,000. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, gave the order after ...

SINGAPORE – When the Covid-19 lockdown made it more difficult to obtain narcotics in Singapore, one man came up with a plan that used a drone to transport pouches of controlled drugs, including ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 20 – A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years and six weeks’ jail and nine strokes of the cane for raping his former girlfriend after ambushing her at her home. Straits Times ...