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Lagos State Government set to transform Ikoyi prison to world class prison facility
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, has disclosed that the Lagos State government will…
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Authorities say over 60% of Nigerian prisons inmates might be innocent
The Nigerian Prison Service, NPS, has confirmed that majority (66 per cent) of inmates in Nigerian prisons are awaiting trial…
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Lagos, Rivers, Kano lead in prison population
Lagos State has the highest number of prisoners in Nigeria, 7,396 out of the national total of 68,686. The state,…
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Man remanded in Prison for Stealing Garri in Nasarawa
A 23 year old man, Abubakar has been been sentenced to 18-months imprisonment by a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court at…
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Breaking: Security agents foil jailbreak in Bayelsa State
An attempted jailbreak was foiled yesterday , when inmates of Okaka Prison in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State detonated an improvised explosive…
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N185 million bribe saga: Former Rivers State INEC boss remanded in prison custody
Former Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Gesila Khan has been detained by the Economic…
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Student remanded in prison for robbery
A 24-year-old student, Chijioke Samson, who allegedly robbed a woman of her wedding ring and laptops at gunpoint, was on…
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