Prison

Father allegedly beats five-year-old daughter to death for not doing homework

A man has been charged with the brutal murder his five-year-old daughter. 36-year-old Brandon…

Court jails carpenter six months for breach of trust

A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old carpenter,…

Man beats pregnant girlfriend to death, gets 10 years imprisonment

An FCT High Court in Apo, on Tuesday, sentenced a 29-year-old man, one Clement…

Aunt burns seven-year-old niece’s buttocks with red-hot iron for allegedly stealing chewing gum

A 25-year-old aunt has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting her seven-year-old niece…

102 Nigerians in Chad’s prisons

The Embassy of Nigeria in Chad on Friday said no fewer than 102 Nigerians…

Man stabs friend to death over election argument

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Tuesday sentenced one Kamoru Kushimo to…

NOW GREEN MARIA! FG renames Black Maria, Nigeria Prisons Service

A bill has been sent to the National Assembly for the renaming of the…

NANVYET GWALI! Ex-Nigerian prisons controller murdered in his farm

Nigeria Prisons Service has confirmed the death of Nanvyet Gwali, a former assistant controller-general…

SHE WAS RAPED EIGHT TIMES! 15-year-old girl raped by brother jailed six months for abortion

A 15-year-old girl who was raped by her older brother has been jailed for…

TO PROTEST PRISON SENTENCE! Man sets self on fire, dies

A man died after lighting himself on fire in Hanoi to protest a prison…

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! Envoy reveals 1, 500 Nigerians are in Italian prisons for various offences

The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefanou Pontesilli, has revealed that 1, 500 Nigerians are…

HE WILL COME BACK TO KILL ME! Woman cries out after her violent ex-boyfriend was released from prison

A 37-year-old South African woman, Sonto Radebe, has pleaded for help on hearing that…

FRAUDULENT DEAL! Female civil servant bags two-year jail term for duping deaf and dumb man N1 million

A civil servant with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Surveying, Mrs Funmi Salako, was…

DEADLY JAILBREAK! Prisoner digs 230ft escape tunnel from cell toilet, suffocates to death with just few minutes to freedom

A CONVICT suffocated just metres from escaping jail after digging a 230-foot-long tunnel from…

JUSTICE? Driver lures nine-year-old girl to his room with a pack of biscuits and N200, rapes her, bags four years imprisonment

A 35-year-old driver, Ahamed Talib, was on Monday sentenced to four years imprisonment by an…