Tag: Prison
Nasaraw State Governor, Sule Pardons Inmates
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has granted pardon to Thirty-Six inmates at the Lafia Correctional centre, in line with the recommendations of the committee ... Read More
Kalu Resumes Duty at The Senate Chamber
Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia-APC), on Tuesday resumed duty at the senate by attending plenary after his release from Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. Kalu, who ... Read More
6 men sentenced to death for raping, killing student
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 ... Read More
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, Controller-General of the ... Read More
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 Case Management System(CMS) to promptly ... Read More
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’s cell phone. Husseini ... Read More
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. ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 the release ... Read More
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 Territory, Bala A. ... Read More
Birnin Kebbi: Water Supply Restored as First Batch of Inmates Walk Free From New Prison
Subsequent to an appeal made by inmates of the New Prison Birnin Kebbi to Dr Zainab Atiku Bagudu's Team A, the Kebbi state government has ... Read More
N23bn Diezani Bribe: INEC Staff Plead Guilty, Two Others to Face Trial
INEC Officials Face Trial With EFCC INEC, A staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Christian Nwosu has pleaded guilty to receiving N30million as bribe ... Read More
Wife of Governor Dr Zainab Bagudu and F.I.D.A. Collaborate to Free 30 Prisoners in Kebbi State
Her Excellency Dr Zainab Atiku Bagudu working with the Kebbi state Federation of Female lawyers FIDA has paid outstanding fines to free up to 30 ... Read More
UNILAG: Court Remands 13 Varsity Students in Kirikiri Prisons
The police arraigned the students on a two-count charge of unlawful invasion and disruption of activities. The accused, standing trial before Chief ... Read More
Former FCT Minister Bala and Son Docked, Remanded in Kuje Prison
Wilson Uwujaren, Abuja: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 arraigned Shamsudeen Bala, son of a former Minister of the ... Read More
Serial Fraudster Bags Three Years in Prison, Another Gets 9 Years
Wilson Uwujaren, Abuja: Justice Binta Fatima Isah of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria, today January 17, 2017, convicted and sentenced one Jehu ... Read More
Interior Minister Orders Investigation into Reported Killings in Kwara Prison
Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, Abuja: The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd) has ordered investigation into reported inmate’s riots at Oke Kura Prison, ... Read More
Court Remands Fani-Kayode, Others in Prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 arraigned Nenadi Esther Usman, a former Minister of Finance and Director of Finance PDP ... Read More