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Prisoner on death row commits suicide at Abuja prison

  A prisoner on death row at Kuje Custodial Centre (prisons) in the Federal Capital Territory, Obinna Echianu, has taken his own life...

Just in: Another jail break in Kogi, 2 soldiers shot dead, 240 inmates freed

  A midnight attack by gunmen on Sunday on the Medium Security Custodial Centre (prison) in Kabba, Kogi State, leaving two soldiers dead...

Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters,

Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters, free hundreds of prisoners

Unidentified gunmen have launched a devastating attack on a correctional facility (prisons) in Owerri, Imo State Capital, torching it and freeing about 1,...

Maina pleads innocence, remanded  

  Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, has been remanded in Abuja Correctional Centre (prison) on the orders of a...

UK government to build N350m prison in Lagos

The UK is to build a £700,000 (N350M) jail in Nigeria so it can deport Nigerian criminals and free up places in British...

O.J. Simpson freed on parole after nine years in jail

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormer football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man again Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel-room heist in Las Vegas...

FG To Court : Return Nnamdi Kanu to prison.

The Federal Government has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail it granted leader of the pro-Biafra group, Indigenous...

U.S Launches Data Management System Pilot Project At Kuje Prison

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) on Wednesday launched the Prison Data Management System Pilot Project at Kuje Prison....

O.J Simpson Granted Parole from Prison

O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday, clearing the way for the former football star and actor to be released from a Nevada prison...

Former minister Jumoke Akinjide, remanded in prison over N650m fraud

Former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jumoke Akinjide, have been remanded in prison by Justice J.O Abdul-Malik of the...