Tag: Prison
Court sends woman to prison for cursing Seyi Tinubu, IGP
A woman, Olamide Thomas, who allegedly threatened Seyi Tinubu with death threats on social media, was on Friday, December 20, 2024, arraigned before a...
Ekiti court denies Dele Farotimi bail, remands him in prison
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, refused the bail application of human rights activist and...
Court remands Yahaya Bello in Kuje prison till January 2025
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja...
Court sends man to prison for raping 4-year-old girl
The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has remanded a man, Obiesan Sultan, at the Kirikiri...
Court sends man to prison for impregnating 15-year-old daughter
A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has remanded a 48-year-old man, Adamu Umaru, in a correctional centre for raping...
Court sends teenager to prison for raping 2-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has remanded a 13-year-old boy (name withheld) in a correctional facility for...
Court sends ex-bank manager to prison for fraud
The Special Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Monday, November 18, 2024, remanded a former branch manager of Polaris...
Court sends man to prison for raping minor to death
A Kano State High Court, on Monday, November 11, 2024, ordered the remand of a 43-year-old man, Mannir Ibrahim-Abdullahi, in a correctional centre for...
#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...