Mohammed Saidu, a Nigerian septic tank worker, admits endangering public health after residents complained of an unbearable stench from sacks of waste he allegedly planned to sell to farmers as fertilizer

The presiding magistrate, Halima Wali, ordered that Saidu be detained for 14 days and fined N100,000, describing his conduct as highly inconsiderate and a threat to public health.

A court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man to two weeks in prison after neighbours complained of storing dozens of bags of human faeces