Tag: Prison
#Endbadgovernance protest: Arraigned minors not in prison, says NCoS
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says some suspects, including minors, arrested during the #Endbadgovernance protest were not remanded in any of its custodial centres...
Student jailed for stealing shoes, wristwatch
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, sentenced a 24-year-old student, David Odiwe, to six months...
Ex-Reps member Farouk Lawan regains freedom after 5 years in prison
A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has regained freedom from Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja after serving a five-year jail...
Court sends 70-year-old man to prison for raping 11-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, remanded a 70-year-old man, Michael Afolabi, in Ikoyi...
Court sends 35-year-old man to prison for raping teenager
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Badagry area of Lagos State has remanded a 35-year-old man, Charles Chinonso, in Awarjigoh Correctional Centre for defiling...
Man bags life imprisonment for raping 8-year-old girl
A Family Court in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon, to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old...
Prison official: Why Bobrisky was kept in separate cell
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed an ongoing investigation into allegations surrounding the accommodation of convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky,...
Court sends man to prison for raping daughter
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, remanded a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, in the correctional...
Bobrisky: FG suspends prison officials over bribery allegations
The Federal Government has suspended some senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the bribery allegations involving cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known...
Bobrisky: Minister probes bribery allegations in Nigerian prisons
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed an unconditional and comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption in the Nigerian...
