Tag: Prison
N805m scam: EFCC arrests Senator in hospital, sent to prison
Seven months after he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) has finally landed in prison.
Nwaoboshi has been on the run...
Ekweremadu to spend Christmas in prison as London court declines bail
Senator Ike Ekweremadu will be celebrating the 2022 Christmas in prison as the Central Criminal Court in London, the United Kingdom denied bail to...
EFCC chair: Why I can’t go to prison for contempt
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said he did not disobey the order of the court directing...
Court sends EFCC chairman to prison for contempt
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, for contempt of...
From prison to Brazil’s presidency: Few things to know about Lula
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from poverty to Brazil's presidency before crashing into disgrace in a corruption scandal, on Monday emerged as...
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 custodial centres in the...
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 at least 30 per...
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, Akwa Ibom.
The legal practitioner...
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 corruption, have been released...
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 after the lawyer said...
