Tag: prison
Egypt’s former president sentenced to 40 years in jail
Egypt’s deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges of leaking secret…
Minister advises new immigration, prison heads
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has charged the newly-appointed Comptrollers-General of Immigration and Prisons to ensure professionalism…
4 innocent mothers, babies set free from prison
Four innocent mothers with their babies dumped into prison by the authorities have been set free from the Umuahia federal…
Man whose landlady sets his apartment ablaze sent to prison
Cyriacus Izuwkwe A 30-year old man, Adeleke Shakiru whose apartment was set ablaze by his landlady, Mrs Adenike Azeez has…
Nigeria set to receive Ibori, others from UK
The Federal Government has said that it is ready to receive Nigerians serving various jail terms in different prisons across…
Accountant arrested over alleged N49.7m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, of the Nigeria Police, at Milverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Western…
Bizman sent to prison over dud cheque
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year-old man, Mustapha Rasak, has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for allegedly issuing N4m…
I don’t want to die in prison, dismissed cop begs court
Jethro Ibileke/Benie urt A dismissed policeman who was arrested and detained along with three other policemen for allegedly torturing and…
Man sent to prison for beating girlfriend
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year-old man, Temitope Samuel, has been arrested and remanded in prison custody for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend,…
4 sent to prison for withdrawing N114.8m from bank account
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X Squad of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria,…
Murder: court remands suspect in prison custody
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The 36-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed and killed a woman with a kitchen knife in Benin, Evelyn…
Clearing agent sent to prison over N10.4m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Godfrey Ake who claimed to be a clearing agent at Apapa, Lagos, western Nigeria, has been arraigned before…
Pastor in prison over abduction of housewife, extortion
An IIorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded in prison a 45-year-old pastor, Adeyemi Tayo, over alleged abduction of a housewife.…
Man loses N1.4m to pastor over land scam
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Emmanuel Okwedimbu has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding and threatening to…
Teenager remanded in prison for killing friend
An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand of Oluwatobi Olukoya, 19, in prison custody for…
I was initiated into cultism in prison— suspect
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 22-year-old youth arrested for his alleged involvement in cultism has confessed that he was initiated into it…
Akpobolokemi sent back to prison
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi on Monday ordered that former Director-General of Nigerian…
Redeemed Pastor sent to prison over N100m Lekki land fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe The last may not have been heard about the lingering N100m land fraud that rocked Lekki Re-setlement Schemes…
Man faces trial after sex with prostitute over missing N90k
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly stealing N90,000 from a…
Tenant lands in prison for accusing landlord of witchcraft
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 48-year-old tenant has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court and remanded in prison for allegedly…
Four sent to prison over malicious damage
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X-Squad of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have…
Sheikh Zakzaky, wife’s whereabouts unknown
Ibrahim Musa, president media forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria has raised alarm over the condition and whereabouts of…
Jail Controller says Zakzaky not in Kaduna prison, lists Shi’ite members in custody
The Controller of the Kaduna Prisons, Abubakar Argungu, on January 2 denied that the leader of the Nigerian Islamic Movement,…
Female ticketing officer sent to prison for theft
Paul Iyoghojie A female ticketing officer with Main One Cable Company in Lagos, western Nigeria, Joy Nakpodia, 38, has been…
Aba trader sent to prison over dollar theft
Paul Iyoghojie A trader based in Aba, Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, Ogbonnaya Mba, 54, has been arraigned before a Lagos…
Court orders Dokpesi to be remanded in prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi be remanded in Kuje prisons…
Pastor sent to prison over visa fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Chike Ifeanyi of Christian City International Church has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrate’s court for…
Man, 70, sent to prison for defrauding step-son
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 70-year-old man, Muyili Akande has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his…
Five women sent to prison for prostitution
Paul Iyoghojie Five women have been arraigned before a Lagos State magistrates’ court for allegedly engaging in prostitution in Ikoyi…
Five women sent to prison for prostitution
Paul Iyoghojie Five women, Helen Ugwu, 33, Chika Okoro, 40, Roseline Jebba, 43, Sandra Akomake, 58, and Udega Theresa, 61,…