Tag: prisoners

A massive fire tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn on Tuesday, killing dozens of inmates and seriously injuring many more, the country’s vice president said. Many prisoners ...

A total of 3,906 prisoners, who fled some of the nation’s custodial centres during various incidences of prison breaks, are still at large. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, ...

The National Youth Service Corps has lamented that inmates in the facilities of the Nigerian Correctional Service feed better than corps members. The Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu ...

Heavily armed gunmen stormed a jail in Nigeria’s central Kogi state overnight, freeing scores of inmates, a prison authority spokesman said Monday. It was unclear who the gunmen were but ...