Tag: Prison
Ecuador declares state of emergency after drug baron escapes from prison
The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has declared a country-wide state of emergency, including the prison system, after an "extremely dangerous" narco boss escaped...
Ex-Gov Nyame: My imprisonment political, I learnt a lot in Kuje...
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, says his imprisonment was politically motivated.
Nyame, who was the governor of Taraba State between 1999 and...
Breaking: Emefiele released from Kuje prison
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after meeting...
NCoS re-arrests 2 Katsina prison escapees
The Katsina Command of the Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS) has re-arrested two inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Katsina in...
FG releases 15 inmates from Katsina prison
The Federal Government has secured the release of 15 inmates from the Malumfashi Satellite Custodial Centre in Katsina State.
The Controller General of the Nigerian...
NCoS: We didn’t remove Emefiele from prison
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has denied the alleged forceful removal of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele,...
Policeman who killed George Floyd stabbed in prison
Derek Chauvin, the United States police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, has been stabbed in prison.
It...
Zamfara Chief Judge releases 30 inmates from prison
The Chief Judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, has released 30 inmates from Gusau Medium Security Prison as part of efforts to decongest...
Minister probes prison officials for terrorism financing
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an immediate investigation of intelligence reports on misconduct by some officials of the Nigerian Correctional...
Robbers escape from Katsina prison
Two notorious armed robbers in detention have escaped from the Katsina central correctional centre in Katsina State.
Among the escapees is Abba Kala, accused of...
