Tag: PRISON
Court sentences serial rapist to 72 years in prison
A court in Zimbabwe on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old serial rapist to 72 years in prison.
The state-run Herald newspaper reported that regional magistrate Dambudzo...
Many Nigerians are in Chinese prisons for overstaying visas, drug trafficking...
Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, Wale Oloko, on Monday said that many Nigerians were in various prisons in Guangdong...
Court remands headteacher in prison over alleged pupil’s defilement
David Eyo, a 31-year-old headteacher, who allegedly defiled his 10-year-old pupil, was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief...
Gunpoint robbery: 8 men remanded in prison
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded eight men, who allegedly robbed people of their phones and motorcycles at gunpoint, in Ilesa Prisons.
The...
Inmates riot, take hostages in prison
Inmates of a heavily overcrowded prison in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro took prison guards hostage during a riot that had not been controlled by...
Man, 34, remanded in prison for alleged murder
An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 34-year-old man, Friday Apata in prison, for the alleged murder of...
Kwara governor’s wife spends Valentine’s Day with prisoners
Wife of the Kwara Governor, Omolewa Ahmed, on Wednesday celebrated St Valentine’s Day with prisoners in the state.
Mrs Ahmed, who went round prison facilities...
35 Ikoyi Prison inmates sit for WASSCE
A total of 35 inmates of the Ikoyi Prison School, Lagos, are participating in the ongoing January/February West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...
My encounter with Ekwueme in prison – Babatope
A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope on Tuesday described the late Dr Alex Ekwueme as a man with excellent qualities.
The News Agency...
Applicant, 31, remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer
Barnawa Customary Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 31-year-old applicant, Adamu Hassan, in prison for allegedly beating a police officer,...