•Prison In recent months, countries around the world have decided to release mass prisoners to address the mounting problem of overcrowded prisons. Nigeria freed 4,068 inmates in 2023, aiming to reduce its prison population, reports Vanguard. Similarly, the UK released 1,100 prisoners as part of its emergency plan to ease congestion in prisons...
•Obasanjo and late wife, Stella Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reminisced on his time in prison and the incredible efforts his late wife, Stella, made to secure his release. Speaking during the inauguration of the 250-bed Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin, Obasanjo revealed how his late wife travelled extensively, visiting places like ...
•Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has strongly condemned the long detention of minors involved in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests by the police authorities. The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, in a statement issued in Lokoja today by Arogbonlo Israel, her Chief Press Secretary, described the police action as “inhu...
•Arraigned malnourished teenagers in court yesterday There are concerns that the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) custodial centre in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) does not have the borstal facility to accommodate the underage hunger protest defendants as ordered by the court. Following the bail granted to the 76 defendants yesterd...
•Donald Trump (L) and Stephen Bannon Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early after spending nearly four months behind bars and just a week ahead of the US election. Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut where he was serving time for a contempt […]
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital, has ordered the demand of a middle-aged man, Sunday Emmanuel, to Segede Correctional facility for allegedly macheted his wife, Linda to death. The accused was also alleged to have macheted his three-year-old son on the head, with the intent to kill him, reports Nigerian Tribune. [&...
•Bobrisky The federal government investigative panel on popular cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, known also as Bobrisky submitted its reports to the Minister of Interior , Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo today. The panel, which was set up by the Minister three weeks ago, had the responsibility of investigating allegations that Bobrisky didn’t spend his tim...
•Babagana Zulum Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said he is worried that some Boko Haram leaders serving jail terms might have escaped from the correctional centre in the state following a flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri, the state capital. It was earlier reported how flood claimed lives and destroyed properties ...
A US jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, his lawyers said yesterday. A federal jury in Chicago on Monday ruled in favor of Marcel Brown, 34, giving the largest award to a single wrongful-conviction plaintiff in US history, […]
•A pregnant woman There is outrage in Osun State following prolonged incarceration of a banker, Mrs. Awanat Ajayi, who is being held in the Ilesa Correctional Facility. The spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, had recently disclosed the arrest of First Bank manager, Talabi Adeniyi over N650m fraud used for Proof of Fund (POF). ...
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