Tag: prison

London, - Boris Becker’s lawyer has said that the three-time Wimbledon champion was doing well, given the circumstances as he approached six...

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...

By CHINYERE OMEIRELagos- The Executive Director, Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Mr  Benson Iwuagwu, on Saturday called for proper implementation of the capacity regulation contained...

Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, counsel to Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, on Monday, disclosed that the Beninese Government has...

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...

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...

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...

Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any...

A prison officer, identified as Kayode Adeniyi, attached to the Correctional Centre in Ondo town, Ondo state has reportedly committed suicide over his inability...

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...

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, Rahama Husseini, jailed for killing her husband, was among 31 inmates released last week from the Kano prison in Kano State. Rahama was said...

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...

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...

•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...

OWERRI - The headquarters of the Imo State Police Command, Owerri and the Owerri Prison have been attacked.A correctional facility and police investigations department...

Three members of the the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) were remanded in prison for alleged murder and arson by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court...

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...

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...

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...