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Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been committed to prison for allegedly disobeying court order. The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to effect…

Former NBA All-Star, Eddie Johnson, who was hit with a lifetime ban from the NBA for drug use and was later sent to prison for sexual assault of a child, has died while serving a life sentence. The 65-year-old passed away on October 26…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the immediate release of Orji Kalu, former Abia state governor, from prison. Mohammed Liman, the judge, granted an application moved by Kalu’s counsel Lateef Fagbemi, seeking his release.…

Harvey Weinstein, a former US filmmaker, has tested positive for coronavirus, in prison. Citing officials at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York, Niagara Gazette, a local newspaper in Albany, said the 68-year-old tested…

Ronaldinho seen playing football and celebrating his win with his teammates, while in Paraguay prison over fake passport Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho who is in Paraguayan prison awaiting trial after entering the country with a…

Two hundred and twenty-eight inmates have escaped from a medium federal correctional centre in Koton Karfe in Kogi after some parts of it collapsed owing to heavy flooding. NAN quoted Jafar Ahmed, comptroller-general of the Nigeria…

On Monday, the Federal Government said presidential pardons would be granted to drug peddlers, persons convicted of obtaining money under false pretences and certain categories of prisoners who have shown remorse while in confinement, to…

An 18-year-old inmate housed at the Bridge City Center for Youth in Louisiana has been arrested and charged with raping another inmate inside a bathroom in the prison. The inmate identified as Jireh Martin was booked Thursday on a count…

The Lagos State High Court at Igbosere has ordered the remand of Udeme Otike-Odibi, a female lawyer, at Kirikiri Prison for killing her 52-year-old husband, Symphorosa Otike-Odibi. Recall that on May 3rd, Udeme stabbed her husband to…

A 41-year-old housewife, Mrs Ifeoma Ofuegbu, who allegedly sold her husband’s house without his consent was on Wednesday  arraigned in an FCT High Court, Jabi. She, however, denied committing the offence, while the judge, Justice…

Portions of two video recordings showing alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, confessing to committing crimes of kidnapping and armed robbery within and outside Lagos, were on Wednesday played at an Ikeja high court…

The Federal Government, through the National Stakeholders on Prison Reforms has freed 951 inmates across three geo-political zones of the country. The inmates had to meet conditions for release before benefiting from the prison decongestion…

A Police outpost at Ahiaukwu Olokoro, in Umuahia LGA of Abia State, was burnt down by suspected armed robbers and drug dealers, at about 8: PM, on Tuesday night. One Operational vehicle attached to the Police station, as well as one…

Bonnie Liltz Bonnie Liltz, 57, who was due to report to prison today for killing her disabled daughter, was found dead in her apartment on Saturday evening, and police suspect she committed suicide. In 2015, Liltz administered a fatal…