Tag: prison
Tunisia sentences 2 prominent journalists to nearly 4 years in prison
Tunis, Jan. 23, 2026 (Reuters/NAN) A Tunisian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced two prominent journalists to 3 and a half years in prison...
Judiciary Block moulder jailed 36 months for N580,000 fraud
Jos, Jan. 22, 2026 (NAN) An Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced a block moulder, Yashim John, to 36 months’ imprisonment for swindling...
Man, 32, jailed for peddling 1.4kg of Cannabis
Ibadan, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) The Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced one Sikiru Ogunrinde, 32, to two years in the correctional...
Housekeeper jailed 2 years for cheating
Jos, Jan.20 , 2026 (NAN) A Jos Magistrates’ Court onTuesday sentenced 45-year-old housekeeper, Mak-Henry Lynnto, to two years in prison for breach of trust...
Mechanic to spend 14 months in prison for stealing car battery
Jos, Oct. 21, 2025 (NAN) A Magistrate’s Court in Jos, on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old mechanic, Isa Mustapha, to 14 months in prison for...
Prison visit: Delta Chief Judge frees inmate
The Chief Judge of Delta, Justice Theresa Diai, has granted freedom to a 24-year-old bike rider, an inmate of the Warri Correctional Centre, Tikor...
Social media abuzz as Bobrisky released from prison
The release of Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, from Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Monday has sparked a social media frenzy.The News Agency of...
Prison administration in Nigeria and threats of jail breaks
Prison security and administration in the country has been a matter of intense debate and criticism at various public fora since the breach of...
Corps member sentenced to prison for $100 sex scam
A serving corps member, Oyeyemi Caleb has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin over offences...
18-year-old EndSARS protester gives birth in prison
One of the youths arrested in Ondo State by security operatives during the EndSARS protest has given birth in prison custody.
The 18-year-old girl, Kemisola...
Fayemi grants clemency to 12 prisoners
Governor Fayemi on Tuesday granted clemency to 12 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ado Ekiti Custodial Centre.
The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for...
20 Prison Inmates will sit for UTME Examination
According to SaharaReporters, as many as twenty inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre have indicated interest in taking the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
This...
Normalcy returns to Kano prison after riot
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says normalcy has been restored to the Kurmawa Custodial facility in Kano metropolis following a violent protest staged by...
Court remands man,57, for defiling 12-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday remanded one Moses Oloko, 57, in Ilesa Correctional Centre, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl.
The Magistrate,...
Strange case of how 2 unrelated men with same name &...
The man on the left was called Will West, while the one on the right was called William West, and they were both sentenced...
