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Saudi authorities free 3 Nigerian pilgrims arrested for alleged drug trafficking
syndicate operating at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano had tagged bags containing illicit drugs with the names…
100-year-old prisons get makeover as FG steps in
“It’s unrealistic to expect the President to fix 246 prisons in two years,” Tunji-Ojo said. “But we’re taking bold steps.
Edo Prison boss tasks promoted officers on dedication
The Edo Controller of Prisons, Mr Joseph Usendiah, has charged the newly promoted officers in the command to re-dedicate themselves…
Speed up trial of inmates to decongest prisons, Legal Aid advices
The Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LAC) has called for speedy dispensation of cases involving inmates on awaiting trial to…
Nigerian prisons congestion and matters arising
Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates — both suspects and convicts — are detained.
Prison congestion: Nasarawa CJ to stop signing arrest warrants
Angered by the non-prosecution of crime suspects, Justice Suleiman Dikko, Chief Judge (CJ), of Nasarawa State, has threatened to stop…
Ambode donates 5 Hilux, 5 trucks, 1 ambulance to Lagos prisons
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday donated vehicles and other equipment to the Lagos Prison Services, stressing the…
100 mentally challenged inmates, 71 juveniles in Lagos prisons – LASG
The Lagos State Government has lamented that 100 mentally challenged inmates and 71 juveniles are currently in prisons across the…
Prisons rehabilitation: Cleric tasks Federal government on investment
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the Federal Government to invest heavily in reforming prisoners…
JDPC seeks support of Nigerians to decongest prisons
The Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) has solicited support from well-meaning Nigerians to help in the effort to decongest…
Ogun Chief Judge frees 13 prison inmates
As part of efforts to decongest prison formations across the state, the Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade has…
Reps move to seek removal of underage offenders from prisons
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged Federal Government to build more remand institutions for underage offenders and remove them…
Ajimobi moves to decongest prisons
As part of ongoing efforts to decongest the prisons, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has assented to the community…
Ogun CJ pardons 59 prison inmates
The Chief Judge of Ogun, Mrs Olatokunbo Olopade, on Thursday, pardoned 59 inmates of the five prisons in the State.
Our experiences in prisons-Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ajibade
Adefoyeke Ajao Legendary Kenya writer, Prof.Ngugi wa Thiong’o and the Executive Editor of The News Magazine, Kunle Ajibade have recounted…
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Cleric raises alarm over young girls, boys in prisons
The Vice Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Enugu chapter, Dr Levi Muonanu, on Sunday, raised an alarm…
CJ plans Community Service Centres to decongest prisons
The FCT Chief Judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, has promised to establish Community Service Centre to decongest the prisons and encourage…
Inquest ordered into failed Warri jail break, …heads to roll
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sequel to the failed jail break and riot at the federal prisons in Warri, Delta state on…
Federal High Court Upholds Prisoner’s Right To Vote
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Many Nigerian politicians do not see their campaign train going to the prisons across the country but that…
Edo prison inmates acquire computer engineering skill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 23 inmates of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), were Thursday empowered with computer engineering skills…
Confab: Over 2,000 Nigerians in prisons abroad
The National Conference Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters said on Tuesday that no fewer than 2,048 Nigerians are…
100 Nigerian prisoners languish in Morocco
Senator Abdallah Wali, Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, on Sunday said no fewer than 100 Nigerians were languishing in Moroccan Prisons.…
ALUU 4: Death Penalty Or Nothing
By Wale Odunsi So there are many more mad people in this country than I thought? So the outlaws in…
Over 80 per cent of Ogun state prisoners await trial
No fewer than 1,660 inmates out of the 2,016 inmates in prisons in Ogun State are currently awaiting trial for…
Archbishop Urges Police, Judiciary To Hasten Prison Decongestion
The Most Reverend Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, has urged the police and the judiciary to…
Jail Break in Yola Prison
A jail break has been reported by the News agency of Nigeria in Adamawa state, in Nigeria’s north east. The…