Stanley Ibe, 34, who currently resides in Kensington, was sentenced yesterday after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent at a last month's trial.
The prosecutor said Ibe and friend Intobong Ukpe had gone into the city centre together on April 4 after a party, but had a disagreement over at a Cashino arcade. They went outside, and Ibe attacked Ukpe for swearing at him.
Ibe bit him on the nose with such force that the bite pulled away the entire soft portion at the end of his nose.
Although the end of Mr Ukpe's nose was recovered at the scene, medics had been unable to reattach it. Doctors now hope to use skin grown on Mr Ukpe's forehead to perform a skin graft.
Sentencing, the Judge said Ibe caused his friend a permanent, painful, disfiguring and embarrassing injury.
Ibe, according to the Judge, had done nothing to warrant such a savage attack, and the defendant has not shown "neither regret nor remorse" for his actions.
The defence described Ibe as a was a man of good character, and alleged the attack was an isolated incident.
The court also heard Ibe, originally from Nigeria, was illegally overstaying his visa and would be automatically deported following the sentence.
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