Tag: PRISON

A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope on Tuesday described the late Dr Alex Ekwueme as a man with excellent qualities. The News Agency...

Barnawa Customary Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 31-year-old applicant, Adamu Hassan, in prison for allegedly beating a police officer,...

The Chairman of the Dutse Local Government Council of Jigawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu, on Thursday, said the council had facilitated the release of seven...

For allegedly selling and buying a stolen phone, two men named Kola Fakilede and Sola Adekunle are to remain behind bars in prison until...

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court Ibadan on Monday remanded a teenager, Emmanuel Ajayi, in prison for alleged attempt to kill his neighbour. Chief Magistrate, Kehinde...

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ court on Friday remanded one Mary Eze in Ikoyi Prison for allegedly pouring hot water on her seven-year-old son...

The Nigerian Prison Service has confirmed the death of four inmates in a jailbreak at the Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa Ibom. Thirty-six prisoners were...

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that the Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Obasoyin Ganiyu, 50, and five other persons be remanded in prison...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday released 12 inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Apapa in furtherance of the law establishing...

The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline including smuggling of prohibited items into prison yards for...