Tag: Kuje Prison
I’m suffering from life-threatening ailment, Abdulrasheed Maina tells court
By TAIYE AGBAJE
ABUJA- Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), says he is suffering from a life-threatening disease and he needs...
Ex-Governors Dariye, Nyame, regain freedom
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has released two former governors, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as...
When the subject sees through the king, By Hassan Gimba
In January 2019, the Daily Trust newspaper had its Maiduguri office shut down by the military over its reportage on the fight against insurgency. This...
Insecurity: Gradually coming home? By Kazeem Akintunde
Two major security breaches occurred in Nigeria last week. The first was the daredevil attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja while the...
Harvest of terror at the centre of power, By Dakuku Peterside
That terrorists and bandits are getting bolder, more daring, and more sophisticated is not debatable. After a period of relative peace, the nation, has...
Kuje Prison attack: Face the terrorists and forget my video –...
ABUJA (Press Release) - I read the response from the Defence Headquarters of Nigeria (dated 9. 7. 2022) to my video about the insecurity...
Kuje Prison: DHQ accuses Fani-Kayode of plotting to create rivalry among...
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has accused a former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode of plotting to create rivalry and...
Go after Kuje Prison attackers, Tinubu urges FG
By EMMANUEL MOGBEDE
ABUJA- Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate, has called on relevant authorities to go after Tuesday’s attackers of...
Buhari receives update on Kuje Prison Attack, departs for Daura
By ISMAILA CHAFE
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari has received briefing from security chiefs on latest development on Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Kuje Custodial Centre.Confirming this...
Kuje jail attack: FG declares 33 Boko Haram terrorists wanted
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- The Federal Government has on Friday declared wanted, 33 of the inmates who escaped from its Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre...
Kuje Prison Attack: Buhari summons security chiefs, presides over emergency security...
By ISMAILA CHAFE
ABUJA- President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and...
Kuje Prison Attack: Zamfara CP meets Comptroller Corrections Service
By ISHAQ ZAKI
GUSAU- The Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkanah has visited the State Comptroller Corrections Services following the recent criminal attack on...
Kuje Prison: Soldiers removed 24 hours before attack – PDP, says...
ABUJA - Who ordered the immediate withdrawal of soldiers hitherto guarding the Kuje Prison, 24 hours before the attack on the facility by terrorist...
ISWAP claims responsibility for Kuje prison attack, release video of its...
ABUJA - The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Terrorists had broken into...
Kuje custodial attack: NSCDC describes slain personnel as a gallant officer
By KELECHI OGUNLEYE
ABUJA- The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday described a personnel of the Corps, Insp Ilyasu Abraham who was...
UPDATE: 4 inmates die, 16 injured as 879 escape in Kuje...
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that four inmates of the Kuje Custodial Centre died and 879 escaped during the...
Prison break: Heavy security presence in Kuje communities
By GAMI TADANYIGBE
KUJE- Security has been tightened in most parts of Kuje communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following sporadic gunshots and bomb blast...
Abba Kyari moved out of Kuje Prisons after Terror Attack
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The suspended deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, has been moved out of Kuje Prison after the terror attach...
Kuje Prison under terror attack
ABUJA -Kuje Medium Prison, Abuja on Tuesday night came under heavy bombardment by unknown terrorists, throwing the entire area Council into confusion.
The first explosion,...
Abba Kyari plea court for bail over alleged threat to life...
By TAIYE AGBAJE
ABUJA- Abba Kyari, the suspended DCP, on Thursday, approached a Federal High Court for another bail plea.Kyari and three of his co-defendants,...