Tag: prison
Boris Becker ‘Doing Well, Given Circumstances’ In Prison – Lawyer
London, - Boris Becker’s lawyer has said that the three-time Wimbledon champion was doing well, given the circumstances as he approached six...
We will get escapees back to prison, Aregbesola assures
By IBIRONKE ARIYO
ABUJA- Escapee inmates of various custodial centres will be re-arrested and returned to custody, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, assured in...
Fellowship seeks reduction of prison population
By CHINYERE OMEIRELagos- The Executive Director, Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Mr Benson Iwuagwu, on Saturday called for proper implementation of the capacity regulation contained...
Sunday Igboho to spend 6 more months in Benin prison
Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, counsel to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, on Monday, disclosed that the Beninese Government has...
Foundation lauds Lagos court for sentencing man for defiling girl. 14
An NGO, Cece Yara Foundation, has lauded Lagos State Sexual Offences Court for sentencing a 34-year-old man, Mr Blessing Okon, to life imprisonment without...
Rivera: Thirty eight years in US prison for freedom – By...
OSCAR López Rivera, 74, was a 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy when he was brought to Chicago in 1957. He grew up there and joined...
Rivera: Thirty eight years in US prison for freedom
OSCAR López Rivera, 74, was a 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy when he was brought to Chicago in 1957. He grew up there and joined...
Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son
Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any...
Prison officer commits suicide over inability to pay house rent
A prison officer, identified as Kayode Adeniyi, attached to the Correctional Centre in Ondo town, Ondo state has reportedly committed suicide over his inability...
1 killed, 9 injured as 252 inmates flee Jos Custodial Centre
Two hundred and fifty two out of the 262 inmates that escaped from the Jos Medium Custodial Centre on Sunday have remained at large.
Nine...
Independence Day: Akeredolu pardons 18 convicted inmates in Ondo
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted state pardon to 18 convicted inmates in various correctional centres in the state to mark Nigeria’s...
Woman jailed for killing husband, 30 others freed from Kano prison
woman, Rahama Husseini, jailed for killing her husband, was among 31 inmates released last week from the Kano prison in Kano State.
Rahama was said...
Ganduje frees 123 prison inmates
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has granted freedom to 123 prison inmates across the state.
Ganduje, who witnessed the release of the inmates from Goron...
House of Reps calls for security beef-up around Nigerian prisons
In the aftermath of last Monday’s invasion of Owerri Custodial Centre by gunmen, the House of Representatives has called for a security beef-up of...
Imo attacks: Go after the anarchists, Buhari tells Security agencies
•President Muhammadu Buhari
By Chimezie Godfrey
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the deadly insurgent attack that took place on the Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional...
Imo Police Headquarters, Prison attacked, prisoners freed
OWERRI - The headquarters of the Imo State Police Command, Owerri and the Owerri Prison have been attacked.A correctional facility and police investigations department...
3 OPC Members Remanded For Arson, Murder
Three members of the the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) were remanded in prison for alleged murder and arson by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court...
N*ked Man Seen Carrying His Father’s Severed Head And Wrapped With...
In what will come across as a really shocking development, a blood-soaked naked man has been seen walking around with a severed head in...
Trump Pardons 2 Popular American Rappers Lil Wayne, Kodak Black
American rappers, Lil Wayne and Kodak Black will not be serving prison terms for crimes they committed after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
The...
Deeper Life Pastor Sentenced to Seven Years In Prison for Defrauding...
Pastor Odenigbo Theophilus has bagged seven years in prison for engaging in fraud.
The Deeper Life Bible church pastor was sentenced by an Oyo State...