Kuje

Officials of the Kuje Correctional Facility have tendered before the Zuba Magistrate Court, the medical report of the ‘psychiatric evaluation’ of Mr. Obiajulu Uja, an ‘OBIdient supporter’ who had opposed the May 29 inauguration of…

The Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS) FCT Command, has confirmed the death of an inmate of Kuje Custodial Centre, after a protracted illness. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has presented N2.8 million to the family of late Inspector of Corps Ilyasu Abraham, who was killed during the attack on Kuje Correctional Facility. This was contained in a…

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation and prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, criticized the Muhammadu Buhari administration on Tuesday, claiming it prefers to appease terrorists rather than…

The Police Command in Niger has rearrested one of the Kuje Prison inmates who escaped during the July 5 jailbreak in Abuja. Scores of terrorists had launched a daring attack on the Kuje facility and bombed their way in, releasing 879…

One of the prisoners who escaped from the Kuje Medium Security Correctional Centre in Abuja after a terrorist attack on the building has been captured by police officers in Kaduna State. Ali Shu'aibu, 60, a native of Kano State, is…

Katsina State Police, on Friday, July 15, were successful in apprehending a second fugitive believed to have escaped from Kuje Prison in Abuja. The police raid on a criminal hideaway in Danmusa Local Government Area resulted in the…

Yakubu AbdulMumuni, another inmate from Kuje Correctional Center who escaped from the prison after it was attacked by alleged terrorists, was apprehended in Ogun State. The suspect was detained in Sango Ota on Monday, according to a…

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume), escaped from custody during the July 5…

Federal Government through the Nigerian Correctional Service on Thursday, July 7, disclosed the upload and circulation of data pertaining to 60 terrorists and other criminals to the International Criminal Police Organisation database.…

Ali Ndume, a senator from Borno State and a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress, said on Thursday, July 7, that President Muhammadu Buhari should speak to the country directly about insecurity, rather than through his…

Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday, July 7, reacted to the invasion of the correctional facility in the Kuje area of Abuja by terrorists. IPOB alleged that the attack was a plot by terrorists to eliminate members of the…

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate, on Wednesday, July 6, denounced the terrorist attack on the Kuje detention institution. After being attacked on Tuesday night by terrorists believed to be…