Tag: PRISON
Court remands Offa Poly lecturer in prison over employment scam
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has remanded a lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State in prison custody.
Mustapha...
Court orders remand of Maina in prison
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of a former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, in the Nigerian...
Alleged plan to arrest Fisayo Soyombo nauseating, appalling – AIED
The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development
(AIED) has described the alleged move by the Nigerian government to summarily
arrest an investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, for...
Journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, ‘wanted’ over report of corruption in prisons
Prison authorities are allegedly planning the arrest of undercover journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, over an investigative report profiling corruption in Nigeria’s prisons.
Mr Soyombo, a former...
Seven EFCC officials attempt to smuggle Maina out of prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested seven of its officials for allegedly attempting to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT)...
Nigerian in Ethiopian prison died of AIDS – Diaspora Commission
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has
confirmed the death of a Nigerian, Odemu Efe, at the Kaliti Prisons in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
The commission said in...
Nigerian allegedly dies in Ethiopian prison
A Nigerian inmate at the Kaliti Prisons in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, has allegedly died of an undisclosed ailment.
Odemu Efe, who hails from Warri, Delta...
Abike Dabiri visits Cotonou prison to see Nigerian inmates
Chairman/chief executive officer of Nigeria Diaspora
Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has visited a prison in Cotonou, Benin
Republic, to check on Nigerian inmates.
Mrs Dabiri-Erewa said in...
Woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for assaulting housemaid
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, Plateau State on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old woman, Rita Agom, to seven years in...
Two remanded in prison custody over assault on FRSC marshals
The Argungu Magisterial Court in Kebbi State has remanded two persons in prison custody for allegedly assaulting officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps...