Prison

Accountant defrauds Adamawa church N15.5m, bags 18 years jail term

An accountant has bagged a 18-year prison term for defrauding a church in Adamawa…

Christmas: Sanwo-Olu frees six inmates

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one…

Christmas: Buhari frees 19 inmates

A Committee on Correctional Service Decongestion and Reforms, working on behalf of President Major…

Woman bags four years jail term for stealing two siblings in Ebonyi

A woman was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labour for…

Court sentences trader to one year imprisonment for stealing chicken

A 22-year old man, Yusuf Musa, was sentenced to one year imprisonment at an…

Three men spend 36 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit

Three men will soon be free, after serving 36 years behind bars for a…

Convicted Nigerian terrorist, Henry Okah, wants more privileges  in South African prison

Convicted Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah is unhappy that he is locked up at the…

606 Autos Boss, Babafemi Sarumi, in prison custody for allegedly laundering N207.1m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arraigned an automobile dealer, Sarumi Babafemi,…

Couple jailed for spending money wrongly deposited to their bank account in 2012

A court in south India has sent a couple to jail after finding the…

Anambra CP orders tight security as prison wall, storey building collapse in Onitsha

The wall of the Onitsha prisons, as well as a four-storey building on Wednesday, collapsed…

13 Oro worshippers in prison custody for attacking Christians, Muslims

Thirteen adherents of traditional religion, Oro, have been remanded in prison custody for attacking…

Stop buying used phones, lady begs, narrates how taxi driver landed in jail

A lady has appealed to Nigerians on social media to stop buying second-hand phones…

Woman flogs eight-year-old daughter to death for stealing N350

A 37-year-old woman, Adeyola Afonja, was on Wednesday remanded in prison by the Plateau…

Woman, 32, attacks 11-year-old daughter with hammer, lands in prison custody

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday ordered that a 32-year-old woman, who allegedly hit…

Court remands man for allegedly defiling four-year-old

A Plateau High Court on Thursday ordered a man, Nyam Sunday, be remanded in…