Following the recent attack on Imo State correctional centre (prisons) by unknown gunmen which led to the loss of lives and property, a cultural group, Igbo National Council (INC), has
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The Anambra State command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) has revealed the identity of the inmate freed by suspected gunmen in Anambra last week, while they were returning from
A 22-year-old man, Branch Clinton has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for iPhone theft and fraud. Clinton committed the offence on November 18, 2020, around
Brazil legend, Ronaldinho, has been released from a Paraguayan prison and placed under house arrest, according to SportingLife. The 40-year-old was put in jail, for allegedly trying to enter the
Nigerian Correctional Services has arrested 20 year old Zainab Musa for allegedly attempting to smuggle hard drugs to inmates in Kurmawa, Kano state. Spokesperson Kano state command of Correctional Services
Former inmate of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Enugu State, Mr. Adenyi Theophilus, got two degrees while in prison. Adenyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on
A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Monday sentenced 18-year old Abubakar Salihu to nine months imprisonment for breaking into one Fatima Abubakar’s house and stealing a torchlight, two
A 40-year-old man, Simeon Okoria, has appeared before a Magistrates’ Court sitting at Oke-Eda, Akure, the Ondo State capital over the theft of Chin-Chin worth N400,550. It was gathered that
An Upper Area Court, Jiwa, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a trader, Abubakar Isah, to three months in prison for abducting and raping a 16-year old girl. NAN reports that the
A 49-year-old man, Kayode Oni, was on Thursday brought before an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iwo- Road for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter. Oni was arraigned on a
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a Methodist priest, Peter Adewuyi, in prison custody for allegedly masterminding his own kidnap to obtain a ransom. The magistrate, Omolola Akosile,
The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, on Tuesday, freed no fewer than 51 inmates from the Agodi Prison in Ibadan. The exercise, DAILY POST gathered, was in
Michael Anifowoshe a 26-year old painter on Friday stood before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing five cartons of noodles and five cartons of spaghetti. Anifowose who is being
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital on Wednesday sentenced three men to 40 years (each) in prison for conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms. The
Abdulrahman Dambazau, the Minister of Interior, has explained why the Federal Government is investing in the building of prisons across the country. Dambazau spoke at the commissioning of some projects
The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate freedom of 14 inmates while 20 who were sentenced to death were pardoned. According to Adeniji Kazeem, Lagos State Attorney General and
An Upper Area Court I, Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 14-year-old boy to three years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl. The judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced
Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as ‘Small Doctor’, has been set free from police custody with a warning not to engage in any violent act for the next one year. A
