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National Assembly Approves Buhari’s $800m Loan Request; Inmates Crown Seun Kuti ‘General Overseer’ as He Leads Prayer Sessions | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss National Assembly Approves Buhari’s ...
Just In: 36 inmates escape from Akwa Ibom prison
The Nigerian Prisons Service said 36 inmates have escaped from the Ikot Ekpene Prison in Akwa-Ibom State. In a statement on ...
[The Alausa Blog]: 30 years later, Ambode releases 18 inmates serving life sentence from KiriKiri
The Lagos State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy on the orders of Governor Ambode ordered the Nigerian Prisons Service to ...
49 escaped inmates re-arrested in Imo
The Nigerian Prisons Service has re-arrested 49 out of the 58 inmates that escaped from the Owerri State High Court ...
Attempted jailbreak averted in Ebonyi prison
A jailbreak was on Friday averted at the Ebonyi Federal Prison, Abakaliki by prison authorities. According to the state controller ...
‘Nigeria has over 1,000 inmates on death row’
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has asked Nigeria to abolish death sentence for any crime, stating that ...
Warders allegedly beat 6 inmates to death in Kwara prison
Warders at the Oke Kura Prison, Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday allegedly beat 6 inmates to death, Punch reports. According ...
Don’t even think about attempting a jailbreak – Nasarawa govt. warns inmates
Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Barrister Tim Yigga on Saturday warned prisoners in the state not to attempt jailbreak. He ...
How convicts in Kuje prison are kept in VIP cells
There was an altercation between inmates and prison officials on Monday at the Kuje Prisons, Abuja. In a statement by ...
Police stops jailbreak attempt in Ebonyi prison
An attempted jailbreak was halted on Thursday by the Police in Ebonyi after inmates of the Abakaliki Prisons protested for ...
15 inmates break out of Enugu prison
Fifteen inmates on Tuesday broke out of the Nsukka prison in Enugu State. According to Premium Times, the incident happened on Tuesday ...
4 Nigerians executed for drug trafficking in Indonesia have been buried (PHOTOS)
by Chinwe Okafor The four Nigerians alongside eight other drug traffickers have been executed in Indonesia despite appeals not to. ...
New leaf! Prison inmates receive WAEC certificates
by Chinwe Okafor Thirty-one Kuje Prison inmates who sat for the 2014 NOV/DEC Senior Secondary School Examination in Abuja have ...
There was no jailbreak in Kiri-Kiri prison – Official
by Jewel Stephen Contrary to reports of a jailbreak yesterday at the Medium Security Prison, Kiri-Kiri, Lagos, the Nigerian Prison ...
Spared from death: Delta state governor pardons 77-year-old death row inmate
by Iyobosa Omorogie Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has granted a total pardon to a 77-year-old man, Dickson Umukoro, and two ...
Owerri Prisons overflows with awaiting trial inmates
by Adeola Balogun The inadequate resources of the Federal Prisons, Owerri, have been brought to light as it was recently ...
Good bargain? Saudi Arabia sends 1,239 death row inmates to fight in Syria with full pardon
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with French President Francois Hollande, who went to the desert kingdom in early November for ...
“No, we didn’t”: Lagos gov’t denies jailing 162 children for environmental violations
by Rachel Ogbu The Lagos State Government has denied putting 162 children in prison for environmental offences. On Thursday the ...
Report: 970 inmates are waiting to die in Nigerian prisons
970 prisoners on death row are currently languishing in the nation’s prisons awaiting their execution. They comprise 951 males and ...
Prison Break: Boko Haram frees 40 inmates from Yobe prisons
by Tolu Orekoya Reuters is reporting a prison break in Damaturu, Yobe, freeing the prisoners from the prisons, in a bold attack on ...
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