A court in north-western Vietnam sentenced six men to death for raping and murdering 22-year-old student Cao My Duyen in a case that shocked the count...
157 Prisoners Get Formal Education- NPS
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) says no fewer than 157 prison inmates across the country have embraced formal education. Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, Control...
Group Suggests Establishment of CMS to Decongest Prisons
The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a ...
Receptionist goes to jail for stealing employer’s cell phone
A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old receptionist, Mustapha Husseini, to six months in prison for stealing his employer...
Appeal Court Upturns Life Sentence Passed on a Man After 5 Years
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday overturned the life-sentenced passed by n FCT High Court Maitama lower court on 35-year-old David Odey in 2013....
Company Secures Release of 150 Prisoners In 2 months
A Kano based firm, Jaffatu General Enterprises Company said it secured the release of 150 inmates from various prisons in the last two months. The Mar...
Office of Public Defender releases 152 underage children from prison custody
The Director, Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Mrs Olubukola Salami, said on Friday that the Office, in collaboration with UNICEF, have secured th...
Former FCT Minister Bala Mohammed Sent To Kuje Prison Over Alleged N864m Fraud
EFCC, Abuja: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, arraigned a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territ...