A Kenyan man, Stephen Ngila, who chopped the hands of his wife, Jackline Mwende, in 2016, for not having a child for him and also cheating...
Runaway former former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, was on Friday remanded in prison custody. A Federal High Court in...
Prison authorities in Rwanda have denied claims by the Paul Rusesabagina foundation that his health is deteriorating in Kigali Prison as he awaits trial over terrorism...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has explained the reason correctional centres in the country had been rejecting new suspects sent to them by the police....
A Kwara State Chief Magistrate’s Court headed by Chief Magistrate Oladosu Abayomi, on Thursday, ordered four men trading in Kwara and Oyo states to be remanded...
An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Facility in Port Harcourt has accused correctional officers at the establishment of torturing him. The inmate, Gracious David-West is standing...
The Police in South Africa have launched an extensive manhunt for an unspecified number of prisoners who escaped from a prison in Malmesbury, near the bustling...
An Enugu Chief Magistrate Court has remanded a couple, Mr. Jude Ozougwu and Ifeoma Ozougwu in prison custody for allegedly punishing a 10-year-old girl, Nneoma Nnadi,...
The last may not have been heard about the attempted prison break by inmates of the Kaduna Correctional Centre, as reports say about eight of the...
A pastor, Okpara Apollos, has been remanded in a correctional Centre by an Ebonyi State Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, the state capital, for defiling a...
A Katsina Senior Magistrate Court has ordered a 35-year-old headmaster, Kabiru Husaini to be remanded in prison custody till April 14, when his trial for allegedly...
A robbery suspect, Ehuiwe Akire, has narrated how he and his gang carry out their operations while robbing bank customers of their money after leaving banking...
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu who was recently sentenced to 12 years in jail has filed a post-conviction bail application. Kalu, who...
The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial district, Chukwuka Utazi, on Friday, decried the poor treatment of prison inmates in Nigeria. He said prison inmates in Nigeria...
A 40-year-old suspect named Solaja Wasiu has been remanded by a Modakeke Magistrate Court in Osun State over alleged Canadian visa fraud. The Prosecutor, Inspector Ona...
A clergyman, Pastor Basil Princewill, founder of Mountain Mover Ministry International Nyanya has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the FCT High Court Maitam...
The Iyaganku Chief Magistrates Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 24-year-old suspect named Ogunlade and his accomplices accused of strangling a woman to death be...
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 22-year-old baker, Lawal Kamoru, to 13 years imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl. The convict...
A 67-year-old businesswoman, Wuraola Folashade Oluloye, was on Tuesday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. after her arrest for hacking a First Bank Plc account...
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi who was overthrown by the military in 2013 after a year in office, collapsed in Cairo court...
Two suspects, who allegedly attempted to smuggle illegal substances into Ikoyi Prison premises have been arrested by the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Prison Service...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Mr Uno Michael Eke of Micheno Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal...
A fake lawyer, Sunday Ejiofor has been sentenced to three years in prison by a chief magistrates’ court in Choba, Rivers State. The police prosecutor, Tom...
A child identified as Mmerichukwu, who was stolen at the age of seven in 2012 has been recovered by the Police in Anambra and reunited with...
A Nigerian, Adili Ejike has narrowly escaped a death sentence issued by Singapore’s Supreme Court after being convicted for alleged possession of illicit drugs. The convict...
A suspect, Abdullahi Ali, has been remanded in prison for allegedly murdering his mistress’ husband. The Prosecutor, Sergeant Adebayo Thomas told the court on Thursday that...
Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a prison in Tajikistan after convicted ISIS militants started a riot. This comes after the terror...
A school gardener, Femi Aderonmu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating an SS 3 student of Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered that a 51-year-old man, Ukapi Agwu to be remanded in prison for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old...
An alleged serial burglar, Shefiu John, who allegedly broke into a policeman’s house and stole three cell phones has been remanded in prison by an Ilorin...
Three men were on Wednesday sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment each by an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan for illegal possession of arms. The...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State on Wednesday, ordered that a 40-year-old man, Abiodun Fatunmise, accused of killing his 11-month-old baby, be remanded in prison....
Two friends, Samson Shittu and Ramoni Animashaun have been remanded in Kirikiri prison by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a 21-year old woman....
A 40-year-old labourer, Sani Ibrahim, was on Tuesday, remanded in Katsina Prison for allegedly raping his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The police prosecutor, Sgt. Lawal Bello, told...
A 45-year-old man, Kabiru Oke and his son. 19-year-old Faruq Oke, have been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly molesting and impregnating a teenager who lived...
Six months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Senator Joshua Dariye is still receiving the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running...
A total of 938 minors are being held in prison custody for alleged offences bothering on drugs, theft and other juvenile-related cases. The statistics spread across...
A former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu, and his erstwhile Chief of staff, Umar Nasko were Tuesday ordered to be remanded at the Minna Medium...
Stand-up comedian Seyi Law says he is happy to learn that controversial blogger Kemi Olunloyo has been arrested. The comedian who once had a face-off with...
Who wrote the letter asking an Adamawa State High Court judge to release the convicted former governor of the state, James Balla Ngilari, from prison? This...
Authorities in Australia have arrested a teenage couple for plotting terror attacks in the capital of Sydney in charges that carry a maximum penalty of life...
A fresh outbreak of prison violence which occurred late Saturday in one of the overcrowded facilities in the northeastern region of Brazil has claimed the lives...
Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system experienced serious blood letting when no less than 60 inmates were feared dead in riot sparked by a war between rival drug...
Penultimate Thursday, what could best be described as mutiny happened at Mandala Prison Yard and Federal Prison, Okekura, both in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Sunday Vanguard...
An 18 year old herdsman, Ali Haruna, has been sent to prison for 2 years for grazing on a farmland and destroying crops in Ekiti State....
His name is Ibrahim Kasali, but he is called Ibrahim Babangida of Oshodi, and referred to as ‘chairman’ by pick pockets and petty thieves operating around...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old teacher at Nasarawa Annex Primary School in the Faskari Local Government Area of the state for allegedly...
A Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Sunday Ogboji, to five months in prison for stealing a cock worth N4,...
The Police in Ebonyi state this morning foiled an attempted jailbreak as Abakaliki prison inmates staged a riot inside the prison. As at press time, Police...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said it is not ready to enter into any dialogue with the Federal Government without the unconditional release of...
