The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it may write a petition against Ekaette Obot, Akwa Ibom state chief judge, over the imprisonment of Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer. Last Wednesday,
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Some legal practitioners have kicked against the sentencing of Inibehe Effiong, human rights lawyer, to prison by Ekaette Obot, chief judge of Akwa Ibom. On Wednesday, Obot sent Effiong to
Kuje, a satellite town housing over 97,367 people — according to the 2006 census — and a correctional facility in Abuja, was hit by gunmen on the night of July
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), is safe in prison custody. A federal high court had, on March 28, remanded Kyari and
Security operatives, on Monday, foiled a jailbreak at a correctional facility in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. Juliet Ofoni, public
Adeyinka Grandson, the convener of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF), has been sentenced to four and half years in
Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, says he rehabilitated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo after he was released from prison in 1998.
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says the Nigerian Army has withdrawn its personnel from correctional centres in the state. Akeredolu,
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 252 inmates are still at large, while nine inmates were killed during the attack
Some inmates awaiting trial at the Nigerian Correctional Service custodial centre in Edo state, on Thursday, staged a protest leading
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