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YNaija May 20, 2023

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

National Assembly Approves Buhari's $800m Loan Request Court Nullifies Alex Otti's Candidature and Labour Party Candidates in Abia, Kano Buhari Commissions N21bn Aso Villa Medical Centre EFCC Challenges Matawalle to…

Azeez December 27, 2017

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 Wednesday, Prisons Command Public Relations Officer Ogbajie Ogbajie said the…

Itunuoluwa June 9, 2017

[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 release 18 inmates currently serving life sentences and had been…

Azeez February 1, 2017

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 premises on January 27. The Comptroller General of the Nigerian…

Azeez December 17, 2016

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 of prison Mrs Emilia Oputa, the inmates were insisting on…

Azeez December 8, 2016

‘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 the country has over 1000 people on death row. The…

Azeez November 19, 2016

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 to a source, 11 others were injured during the brawl…

Azeez September 10, 2016

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 made the call on Saturday at Keffi Prison in Keffi…

Azeez August 30, 2016

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 the Nigeria Prisons Service, it was learnt that some inmates…

Azeez August 18, 2016

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 hours. According to a source quoted by Premium Times, two…

Oludolapo Adelana August 10, 2016

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 night when inmates opened the cell and scaled the fence.…

Ada Igboanugo April 29, 2015

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. According to the pastors who were with them in their…

Ada Igboanugo March 18, 2015

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 been presented their certificates in jail. The inmates were sponsored…

Isime Esene October 11, 2014

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 Service has said that there was no such thing. The…

Kolapo Olapoju October 7, 2014

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 other condemned inmates in commemoration of the nation’s 54th independence…

September 11, 2013

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 revealed that the facility originally built to house 548 inmates…

September 9, 2013

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 talks about Syria and Iran. Saudi Arabia has sent death-row…

July 12, 2013

“No, we didn’t”: Lagos gov’t denies jailing 162 children for environmental violations

by Rachel Ogbu Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye (Punch ) The Lagos State Government has denied putting 162 children in prison for environmental offences.…

December 3, 2012

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 19 females. Findings revealed that the inmates had been on…

June 24, 2012

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 Sunday. According to said Patrick Egbuniwe, Yobe State police commissioner, "There…

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