Prison

The Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has remanded Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the brother of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who has been held in custody for about five years by the federal…
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Nigerian activist-journalist, Agba Jalingo, has described the country’s prison system as a cesspool of corruption, where, with the right amount of money, inmates can access virtually anything – from drugs to sex. Jalingo, publisher of…
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A United States court has found Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian-American, guilty of receiving a $2.1 million bribe. Okoronkwo, former general manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now NNPC Limited, was found guilty…
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The Päijät-Häme district court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, a pro-Biafra agitator, to six years in prison for terrorism offences. In a ruling delivered on Monday, the court found Ekpa guilty of inciting terrorism and participating…
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A United States court has sentenced the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, to 56 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. Oloyede, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian…
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Sixteen inmates on Tuesday escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The incident happened in the early hours of the day after a breach of the facility’s security, the spokesperson of the Nigerian…
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A Lagos high court in Ajah has sentenced Chukwudi Okonkwo Goodness to 74 years imprisonment for stealing N360 million and issuing dud cheques. Chukwudi Okonkwo Goodness Goodness was arraigned in June 2016 on a 33-count charge…
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Nigerian Musician, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has been remanded in the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, over his inability to meet stringent bail conditions imposed by an Upper Area Court…
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Beatrice, the wife of Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been released from prison in the United Kingdom and has returned to Nigeria. A family source told the BBC on Wednesday that Beatrice returned to the country three…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he was imprisoned under the military regime of the late Sani Abacha because he refused to keep quiet on national and international issues. Obasanjo spoke during an interactive session with 15…
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