Tag: PRISON
Man, 25, remanded in prison over rape of six-year-old girl
A Birnin Kebbi Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 25-year-old trader, Faruk Abubakar, in prison for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, Mr. Abubakar Atiku,...
NGO donates roofing materials to Uyo Prisons
A Non-Governmental Organization, the Clement Isong Foundation (TCIF), on Friday donated 10 bundles of corrugated roofing sheets to Uyo Prisons in Akwa Ibom.
Mrs. Nne...
Court remands three car snatchers in prison
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday remanded three car snatchers in prison.
The suspects are Ayobami Adeeso, 26; Busayo Omotayo, 38; and Kazeem...
Teenager gets one-year jail term for shop breaking
A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced 19-year-old Jibrin Umar, to one-year imprisonment for shop breaking.
Umar was docked alongside one Abubakar Mohammed on a...
Ex-FCT minister, Bala Mohammed, remanded in prison over N864m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed before Justice A. M....
Kogi jailbreak: Five runaway prisoners recaptured
Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has confirmed that five of the 13 prisoners who escaped from Koton Karfe prison in the...
Kogi jailbreak : Two convicted robbers on the run
Two armed robbery convicts and 11 awaiting trial suspects were among the 13 inmates who escaped from Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the...
Jailbreak: Kogi gov denied access to Koton Karfe Prison
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has asked the Federal Government to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the jailbreak...
13 inmates escape in Kogi jailbreak
Thirteen inmates escaped in a fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday.
The incident, according to sources,...
Man remanded in prison for allegedly pouring hot soup on policeman
A man has landed in hot soup for allegedly assaulting a policeman in Ekiti State.
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Monday, remanded 33-year-old Emmanuel Imole...