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FG: 90% Of Prison Inmates Nationwide Are State Offenders
The federal government has lamented the large number of inmates in prisons across Nigeria, saying that over 90 per cent of those jailed are due […]
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FG Spending N22 Billion To Feed 75,507 Prison Inmates Nationwide- Official
President Muhammadu Buhari is spending N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons nationwide. An official disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. The […]
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EndSARS Protesters, 16-year-old Murder Suspect Freed From Ibadan Prison
The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola has released 100 inmates of the Agodi Correctional Centre Ibadan, on Monday and Tuesday. One of […]
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JUST IN: Court Sends Student To Prison Over Tweet Trolling Aisha Buhari
Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for trolling the wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, on Twitter, has […]
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JUST IN: Court Remands Medical Doctor In Ikoyi Prison Over Alleged Rape Of Minor
A special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos has remanded Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, in Ikoyi prison pending the […]
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Outcome Of Probe Into Kuje Prison Attack Won’t Be Publicised Despite Conclusion, Says Minister
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said that the investigation into an attack on a correctional facility in the Kuje area council of the […]
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Court Commits EFCC Chairman To Prison Over Contempt
Justice Chizoba Oji of the FCT High Court has ordered the committal of the chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to prison over […]
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Aregbesola Seeks Release Of 30% Of Prison Inmates, As 51,541 Are On Awaiting Trial
Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior, says 30 percent of inmates in custodial centres across the country should be released. The minister said he will […]
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I’m A Changed Person; Studied Creative Writing, Computer, Psychology While In Prison-Hushpuppi
Nigeria’s Internet fraudster Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas has pleaded for leniency in his sentencing at the District Court for the Central District of California on the […]
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Oyo Teacher Remanded In Prison Over Rape Of 14-year-Old Student
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a secondary school teacher, Oyebode Alayoteti, at Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo for allegedly defiling a […]