Tag: Kuje Prison
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Kuje prison break: Embattled Kyari, other VIPs didn’t escape – NCoS
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said embattled DCP Abba Kyari and other very important personalities (VIPs) detained in the Kuje Custodial Centre did not escape, following an attack that happened at the facility on Tuesday night. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports NCoS Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, contrary…
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BREAKING: All Boko Haram suspects in Kuje prison escaped – Defence Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi has said all Boko Haram suspects detained in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja have escaped. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Magashi made this known on Wednesday while addressing journalists after taking an assessment tour of the facility, following Tuesday night’s attack.
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BREAKING: Gunmen attack Kuje prison in commando style
Gunmen in commando style attacked the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja with explosives on Tuesday night. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports sporadic gunshots and bomb blasts were at the Kuje prison that is located in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Suspended DCP Kyari’s presence at Kuje prison generates excitement among inmates
T he presence of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Commander- Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) at Kuje, Abuja, since Monday has generated excitement among inmates in the facility, a source said. The source hinted that some of the inmates cooling off with Kyari and his police…
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JUST IN: Sowore, four others sent to Kuje Prison
A Magistrate court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has ordered the remand of Omoyele Sowore and four others at Kuje Correctional Centre. This is pending when there formal bail application will be heard tomorrow, January 5, 2020. We have been sent to The infamous Kuje Prison for the next 24 hours while they plot…
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Ex-PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh released from Kuje prison [Photos]
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been released from prison after about 10 months of serving a jail term. Pictures of Mr Metuh, leaving the Nigerian Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in Abuja, the nation’s capital, were shared on Twitter by a PDP chieftain, Mr Ayodele Fayose.…
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Ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, released from Kuje Prison
Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre nine months after his detention. Mr Maina, who was arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Okon Abang, on October 25, 2019, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his son, Faisal,…
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BREAKING: Court orders Orji Kalu’s release from Kuje Prison
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu from Kuje prison. The court also ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately put machinery in motion for the retrial of the former governor. The court further ordered that his trial…
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Maina, son to remain in Kuje prison till January 20
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), and his son, Faisal, are to remain in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, till January 2020. Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order yesterday, adjourned hearing on Abdulrasheed’s bail variation application till January 13, 2020, while Faisal’s trial continuation was adjourned till January 20, 2020. Earlier…
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Dariye, Nyame currently serving jailterms at Kuje – EFCC
The duo of Jolly Nyame, a former Governor of Taraba State and Joshua Dariye, a serving Senator and a former Governor of Plateau state are currently serving jailterms at Kuje Prison. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), having secured a total of 312 convictions between January and December 24, 2018, made…