Tag: prison
From Govt House to Prison: Sule Lamido, 2 sons remanded in Kano prison
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Weeks ago, Sule Lamido of Jigawa was leaving in a palatial Government House as governor of the state…
Man sent to prison for standing as surety for fleeing wife
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 42-year-old man, Joshua Apanisile, has been remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri after standing as surety for…
Imprisonment not end of your life, Cleric tells inmates
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An erudite scholar and the Chief Imam of Sa’adatul Adabiyya Society of Nigeria, Ustaz Ismael Abdul Lateef has…
Two men remanded in prison over N465.7m fraud
Henry Ojelu Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Wednesday remanded two men at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons…
I’ll rehabilitate Zaria Prison, says El-Rufai
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, said on Saturday that the state government would rehabilitate the Zaria Prison at a…
One dead in Zimbabwe prison riot over food
One prisoner in one of Zimbabwe’s most notorious jails has died after hundreds of inmates rioted over the poor quality…
Court remands 20 illegal oil dealers in prison
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria today ordered twenty accused persons alongside one ship MV…
Jailbreak: Lawyer tells FG to carry out thorough reforms on prisons
Mr Panaf Olakanmi, a legal practitioner with Panaf Chambers in Abuja, on Monday advised the Federal Government to carry out…
Pistorius could get ‘separate accommodation’ in prison
South Africa’s department of correctional services on Thursday said disabled prisoners could be entitled to separate accommodation, in a statement…
3 Women In Prison For Fighting Over Man
Cyriacus Izuekwe The biblical prediction that in the last days, seven women will cling to one man seems to be…
2 Suspected Car Snatchers Sent To Jail
An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men, Iyanda Dauda and Idris Tirimisiyu, at Agodi Prisons for allegedly…
8 Fake Corpers Sent To Prison
Nemesis has caught up with eight fake members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, after they were arrested, charged…
Ex-Egypt leader, Mubarak leaves prison
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison, following a court order. Egypt’s state TV reported that a…
2 Jailed For Stealing Bus
Abdullahi Issa, aged 22, of Tomi Hotel, Suleija in Niger state and Fatai Aweda, 20, of Gidan Alhaji Usman Baba…
Woman Jailed 150 Days
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Monday, sentenced mother of one, Maimuna Al-Hassan, 20, of Angwa Beri Beri, Life Camp,…