•Comfort (middle) released from prison today The Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, who was arraigned and remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, over her alleged unruly behaviour during a flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday, has been released. Emmanson was discharged by Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami t...
The passenger accused of assaulting airline officials aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, Comfort Emmanson, has been charged to court and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, confirmed the...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court today remanded a 27-year-old school teacher, Wisdom Anokwuru, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged sexual assault on two pupils. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O Kushanu, who did not take Anokwuru’s plea, ordered that the file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice, reports NAN. ...
•Prison The Lagos Government has arrested and arraigned five individuals for indiscriminate refuse dumping in a canal along the Igando-Iba Road Link Bridge area of the state. The suspects — Quassim Jamiu, 44, and Ayo Jamiu, 18, both from Kwara State; Alexander Innocent, 40, from Akwa Ibom; Oparinde Taiwo, 55, from Ogun State; and Moses [&helli...
•Alabi Quadri (left) with Effiong after his release Quadri Alabi, the 17-year-old boy who gained national attention after standing in front of the convoy of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 election campaign, has revealed a harrowing experience of being detained and made to clean faeces all day at the Kirikiri Co...
•Olumide Ogunsanwo a.k.a. Seaking Popular TikToker Olumide Ogunsanwo, widely known as Seaking, has recounted his experience in Kirikiri prison. In a video shared online, he revealed the plight of the inmates, describing the facility as predominantly housing impoverished individuals who lack the resources to defend themselves. Seaking narrated ...
•Crossdresser Bobrisky Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has warned against abuse of the naira following release from prison. Recall that the EFCC had on April 5 secured the conviction of Bobrisky, for mutilating naira notes. The social media celebrity was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi...
A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in the Ogba area, has ordered the remand of the Proprietress of Cradle of Wisdom School, Igando, Clifford Ikpikpini and her two children at the Kirikiri Correctional Center, over alleged torture and inhuman treatment of a 10-year-old pupil of the school. Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi ordered the remand of the trio ...
•Kirikiri Prison The Lagos State government has disclosed that 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis occurred at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, confirmed to be caused by cholera. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, while giving update of outbreak of cholera in the state yesterday, added that urgent medÂical and environmental intervenÂt...
•Shehu Sani and Obasanjo A civil rights activist and social critic, Shehu Sani, has narrated how he shielded ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from being assaulted by inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security prison in 1995. He spoke in Abuja at the second edition of Nigeria’s Lecture and Award event themed, “25 Years of Unbroken Democracy: Challe...
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