One week after the discreet release of about 100 Boko Haram terrorists from the Kirikiri medium and maximum security facilities in Lagos, the Nigerian government kept mum and refused to acknowledge there was any such incident.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 35-year-old man, Monday Endurance, to Kirikiri Correctional Center for allegedly impregnating his teenage step daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi did not take the plea of the defendant, but ordered that the case file be forwarded to Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution for…

One year after what victims described as genocide against #EndSARS protesters, 300 of them are still in Kirikiri Correctional centre in Lagos prison.

The Lagos State government has affirmed the selection of Chief Anthony Folami for the stool of Baale of Kirikiri in Oriade Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

Christmas came early for inmates in the correctional facility at Kirikiri, Lagos State, as they received various gift items from the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command, has said that despite the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and other numerous challenges facing the economy, it has recorded a 42 per cent increase in its revenue generation in the first three quarters of the year compared with the same period last year. The Command Area…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court yesterday remanded 28-year-old Yusuf Folawiyo, in Kirikiri Correctional Service, for alleged robbery and murder. The defendant, an unemployed, who resides at 19, Elewude Street, Abule Ijo, Ogun State, is being tried for alleged conspiracy, robbery, and murder of a baker, John Dunkwu.

A 30-year-old applicant, Sulaimon Agboola, who pleaded guilty to throwing stones and bottles at police officers on duty, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos.

Mr Sunny Ejeje, Chairman of the Apapa Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has called for more private sector investments in the nation’s prisons service to enhance the welfare of inmates.

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has continued to touch lives through its charity organisations, such as His Love Foundation, a faith inspired charity that has served millions of people world-wide, regardless of their gender, religion, social or economic backgrounds. It has collaborated with over 43,318 partners in various locations all over Nigeria and…

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday expressed concern about the congestion of prisons, with over 70 per cent of inmates in the state awaiting trial The governor called for major reforms to decongest prisons across the country. Ambode spoke when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Prison Services, Lagos Command, led by…

A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba has ordered the remand in Kirikiri Female Prison of a 47-year-old lawyer, Mrs. Udeme Odibi, who allegedly killed her husband, also a lawyer, last week.   The police brought Odibi to court on a one count charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye, but her plea was…