Prison

Minister: 51,541 prison inmates awaiting trial

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says the high number of Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATIs) is putting undue pressure on…

2 years ago

FG moves to free 22,690 prisoners

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of…

2 years ago

Lawyer completes one-month jail term, vows to fight oppressors

A Lagos-based lawyer sentenced to one-month imprisonment, Inibehe Effiong, on Friday completed his jail term at the Uyo Correctional Centre,…

2 years ago

FG releases ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame from prison

The former governor of Plateau State, Sen. Joshua Dariye, and ex-governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, who were jailed for…

2 years ago

A’Ibom Chief Judge sends lawyer to prison

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot, has jailed a Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, for one month…

2 years ago

Court sends ex-AGF, others to prison over N109bn fraud

A High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, remanded the former Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, in…

2 years ago

Court sentences KWASU student to 3 years in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, sentenced one Aderibigbe Shehu, a student of Kwara State University, (KWASU),…

2 years ago

Inmates reportedly attack Abba Kyari in Kuje prison

Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reportedly escaped attempted murder by aggrieved inmates at the Kuje prison in…

2 years ago

11 inmates bag degrees from NOUN in Enugu

A total of 11 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have graduated from National Open University…

3 years ago

Indian hemp dealer bags 13 years in prison

A dealer in Indian hemp, popularly called marijuana, Saidu Sulaiman, has been convicted and sentenced to 13 years Imprisonment by…

3 years ago

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