Jail

Ex-FCT official jailed 24 years over ₦318m fraud

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of…

Warri prison denies neglect after inmate dies of HIV

Officials of the Okere Custodial Centre, Warri, have rejected claims of neglect after an…

Court remands TikToker over alleged defamation of Mohbad’s widow

A Federal High Court in Nigeria has ordered the remand of a TikToker and…

British teen freed from Dubai jail following royal pardon

A British teenager imprisoned in Dubai for engaging in a consensual relationship with a…

Taraba man bags over two years imprisonment for airport vandalism

A High Court in Taraba State, under the leadership of Chief Judge Justice Joel…

Lagos prisoner caught processing passport, visa at immigration office

A convicted armed robber serving time at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre in…

Singers Tee Dollar, Tobi Nation jailed over naira abuse

Popular Nigerian musicians Babatunde Peter Olaitan, known as Tee Dollar, and Tobilola Olamide, popularly…

Apprentice bags life jail for setting ex-boss ablaze in Ekiti

A High Court in Ekiti State has sentenced a 41-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Kareem, to…

NCoS probe poor alleged poor feeding at Cross River prison

The Nigeria Correctional Service is investigating allegations of poor feeding at the Calabar custodial…

Man jailed one year for assault, attempt to flee police custody

A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Soyobi, to…

Man bags one-year jail term for stealing

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Yusuf Adam to…

Trader bags one year jail term for stealing two phones

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Friday, sentenced a…

Kano Court jails three for possessing dangerous weapons

A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, sentenced three men to nine months…

Malta jails Libyan hijacker for 25 years

One of two Libyan men who hijacked a plane and diverted it to Malta…

Man sent to jail for robbing woman of bag containing ₦100, Bible, Hymnal

An Ikeja High Court has remanded a 22-year-old man, Elijah Anyasador, in the correctional…