Tag: prison
Fish seller imprisoned for reneging on payment agreement
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a fish seller, Mohammed Sani, 32, to three months imprisonment,…
Lagos begins rehabilitation of 80 teenagers released from prison
The Lagos State Government has commenced the process of rehabilitating and re-uniting the 80 newly released teenagers from Badagry prison…
3 Sent To Prison For Stealing N39M From Bank Account
Three suspected fraudsters have been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly hacking into the account of…
NURTW chairman remanded in prison for unlawful possession of firearms
The chairman of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW), Ajegunle Branch, Apapa, Lagos, Wasiu Atunse Akanbi,…
Pastor sent to prison over alleged theft of sister’s 10-yr old son
Paul Iyoghojie The pastor in charge of Faith Ministry International, Umunede, Delta State, South South Nigeria, Pastor Agu Ifeanyichukwu, 46…
Nigerian Prisons Service Redeploys 32 Senior Officers
The Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), Ahmed Ja’afaru has redeployed 32 senior officers as part of its efforts…
Manager sent to prison for stealing employer’s N16.7 million drugs
The Regional Manager with Fidson Health Care Plc, Lagos, Taofik Ajisebutu, 43 has been arrested for allegedly forging an LPO…
Trafficking: Court remands Italian-based suspect in prison custody
An Italian-based human trafficking suspect, Mrs. Lasiru Dolly Rossato, was Tuesday remanded in prison custody, for alleged involvement in human…
Indonesian anti-drugs chief suggests ghosts as prison guards
Indonesia’s anti-drugs chief, frustrated by rampant drug trade in prisons, has suggested jails be guarded by ghosts because they cannot…
Ex-NURTW chairman remanded in prison over alleged murder of member
The former chairman of the Motorcycles Association of Lagos State, (MOALS) of the Lagos State National Union of Road Transport…
APC Chieftain, 6 Others Remanded In Prison
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Tuesday remanded in Ilesa prison an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain ,…
Messi must pay €252,000 to avoid prison
Football star Lionel Messi's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud has been changed to a fine by the Spanish courts.
Britain Inaugurates Prison To Accommodate Dangerous Criminals
Britain on Thursday launched the first prison built to accommodate some of the most dangerous and radicalised extremists.
Cobbler sentenced to 25 years for robbing student of laptops, phones
Joseph Jericho, a 25-year-old cobbler, was on Friday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for stealing…
Man Jailed 17 Years For Crime His Lookalike Committed
An Innocent dad, Richard Jones spent 17 years in a US jail for an armed robbery carried out by a…
Gaddafi’s Son Freed From Prison
A statement from the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, a militia which controls Zintan said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of…
Innocent man released from prison after serving 39 years
Since 1989, 2,005 people have been exonerated from prison in the U.S.
2 Brothers To Spend 42 Months In Prison
An Ijede Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, near Lagos has sentenced two brothers to 42 months in prison for breaking into…
Mercy Aigbe’s husband, Gentry sent to Prison
Olanrewaju Gentry, the husband of ace Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has been remanded in prison after he was arraigned before…
IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu still in prison
Despite the bail granted him on Tuesday by an Abuja Federal High Court, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous…
Ex-Niger governor Babangida Aliyu remanded in prison
A Minna High Court on Tuesday ordered the remand in prison custody of former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu,…
Drug dealer beauty queen to spend 13 years in prison
Irina Ayupova, convicted drug dealer serving 13 years imprisonment emerged winner of 2017 beauty pageant “Miss Spring” in Russia prison.
Court Remands UCTH’s CMD, 4 Others in prison over N85m Scam
Justice I. E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross Rivers State has remanded the Chief Medical…
America’s prolific serial killer ‘Angel of Death’ dies in prison
A serial killer known as the "Angel of Death" after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and…
Church Rat To Spend 2 Months In Prison
A 29-year-old man, Ricab Vondip, was on Thursday sentenced to two months imprisonment by a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court,…
N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-FCT minister’s son sent back to prison
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Friday, February 3, 2017 ordered the remand…
Former Israeli president granted early prison release
Disgraced former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, was granted early release from prison on Sunday after serving more than two-thirds of…
Oniba kidnap: Judge remands suspects in prison
The Lagos State Government on Monday arraigned the key suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap of Oniba of Iba…
Octogenarian remanded in prison custody
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An octogenarian Nosakhare Osadolor has been detained in prison custody for allegedly promoting what was described as a…
N4.9bn: Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman sent to prison
Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court Lagos has sentenced former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Esther…