Tag: Prison
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Court remands 5 suspected arsonists of Rivers’ assembly in prison
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered that the five suspected persons arraigned for allegedly burning the Rivers House of Assembly on Oct. 29, 2023, be remanded in a correctional centre. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon gave the order following their arraignment on seven-count charge bordering on terrorism.
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Prison staff caught bonking inmates – from ‘easy access’ hole to hidden cameras
A number of prison officers have been accused of romping with inmates in recent years. Many of the rogue jail staff have gone to impressive lengths to keep their affairs secret, from using second phones to allegedly cutting holes in their trousers for “easy access”. One even became pregnant by her lag lover. Here we…
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Russian schoolboy gets 6 years in prison for arson
A 17-year-old schoolboy in Russia was sentenced to six-years in a prison camp on Thursday for attempted arson attacks against military facilities. The court in Saint Petersburg found him guilty of “attempted terrorism’
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3 men released from prison after 6 years without trial
An Ikeja High Court on Monday released three men, Peter Edialu, Godspower Friday and Bayo Segun, after being in custody for six years without trial.
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Former leader of Guinea’s military gov’t escaping from prison recaptured
Former leader of Guinea’s military government Moussa Dadis Camara, who escaped from the central prison in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, Saturday morning, has been recaptured, according to Guinean armed forces. Ibrahima Sory Bangoura, the chief of Staff and General of the Armed Forces of the
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One killed as gunmen attack Calabar prison
A Correctional Service officer was on Wednesday night killed when gunmen attacked Afokang Correctional facility in Calabar, Cross River. The spokesman of the state Command of the Correctional Service,
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Army Court sentences General to 7 years in prison, orders refund of stolen N3bn
The Nigerian Army Special Court Martial on Tuesday, convicted a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian Army Properties Limited (NAPL), Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed to seven years imprisonment. The court also ordered the convicted senior officer to refund 2.17 million dollars
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Miscarriage of justice: Man set free from custody after 13years
A German court on Friday exonerated a former custodian who had spent more than 13 years in prison for the suspected murder of an elderly woman found in a bathtub. Manfred Genditzki had been handed a life sentence for allegedly killing an 87-year-old tenant of the building where he worked in 2008 by striking her…
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Popular TikTok celebrity sentenced to 2 years in prison
TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shalli Popi and Miller Maxwell, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.
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25-year-old in prison for calling his friend gay
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday ordered that a 25-year old man, Aliyu Sa’ad, who pleaded guilty to calling his freind gay, be remanded in a correction centre. The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar,