Nigeria, June 15 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a farmer, a businessman and a father of 11 children to prison terms for offences linked to Boko Haram activities.

They were convicted in separate proceedings during the ongoing mass terrorism trials being conducted by the Nigerian government at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the Nigerian government commenced on Monday the trial of more than 400 terrorism suspects before judges of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The suspects are being arraigned in batches simultaneously in several courtrooms at the Federal High Court complex, with many regular cases put on hold to allow judges to participate in the exercise.

The Attorney Gener...