Tag: PRISON
Slain prison boss buried amid tears in Plateau
The remains of the retired Assistant Controller-General of Prisons Nanvyat Gwali have been buried in his hometown, Simchor, Plateau, Nigerian Prisons Service official has...
Man remanded in prison over alleged theft of laptop, phone
A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 22-year-old man, Nura Dahiru, in prison over the alleged theft of a laptop and a...
OPC member jailed 25 years for manslaughter
An Igbosere High Court, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced Jelili Falana, an assistant vigilante of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Agege branch, to 25 years...
Woman remanded in prison for allegedly conniving with daughter to kill...
An FCT High Court, Apo, on Monday ordered that a woman accused of conspiring with her daughter to kill her husband, Kusha Kure, be...
Man pleads guity for stealing 1 carton of fish
A 26-year-old man, Tosin Azeez, was on Wednesday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing one carton of dried fish.
The...
Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court remands 2 farmers in prison over alleged...
Two farmers were on Wednesday remanded in prison on the orders of a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna for allegedly kidnapping a six-year-old boy.
Magistrate...
Unemployed man gets 20 strokes of cane for stealing laptops
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaunda, on Wednesday, ordered that a 35-year-old unemployed man, Godwin Joseph, be given 20 strokes of the cane for...
Man, 21, bags 11 months jail term for stealing ceiling fans
A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old man, Ibrahim Aliyu, to 11 months in prison for stealing two ceiling fans valued...
Man, 42, docked for sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl
A 42-year-old man, Bakare Adesina, who allegedly assaulted a 10-year-old girl by fingering her private part, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Chief...
Court remands 4 men for allegedly killing colleague, removing heart
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered four men to be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons for allegedly killing their colleague and...