We were awakened by the noise of jangling keys as someone tried to open, first, the door, and then the iron barricade. It was just light enough outside the windows to see figures in solid black forms. We were about to entertain the notion of catching some sleep at last. All night, it had been…

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, threatened to send Mr Simon Lough, a police prosecutor, to prison for violating an order of the court. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in his ruling, held that It was obligatory on every person to obey orders of the court. “This court stands to commit Mr Lough to prison custody…

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, has urged members of the Committee of Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) 2016, to be efficient, ensure speedy justice delivery and prison de-congestion. Munta gave the advised on Friday, in Ibadan, during the inauguration of the committee, in Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan.…

The Muslim community in Kaduna State, under the umbrella of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, yesterday donated relief materials to prison inmates and victims of the recent attacks in Kajuru and neighbouring communities after a visit to Kaduna Convict Prison and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. The visits were led by the chairman, Alhaji Liadi…

Wives of policemen living at Mopol 20 barracks, Ikeja, Lagos State have concluded plans to protest against the attack and subsequent incarceration of one of their colleagues at Kirikiri Prison by a female Inspector serving at Mopol 43. It was gathered that the victim, Mrs. Usuman, aged 26, who is married to a Sergeant attached…

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a 66 -year-old woman, Sikirat Adeyemi to five years in prison for exporting 1.340 kg of heroin. Adeyemi who was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had pleaded guilty to the offence. When the matter was called on Monday, she pleaded for forgiveness, almost…

It is bitter irony of the winner-take-all American system we have imported hook, line and sinker that the man who secured more than 11 million votes may have no role in the new government that would take effect from May 29, 2019. Unlike what we had in 2015, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the loser of the…

Amos 3:10 “The Lord has said that, they don’t even know how to do right, they have become rich from violence and robbery.” History has shown that from time to time, nations of the world condemn a country for committing crime against humanity or violating internationally accepted standards, conducts or norm. The Scripture is explicit…

The Embassy of Nigeria in Chad on Friday said no fewer than 102 Nigerians were in the country’s prisons, serving varying jail terms. Charge d’Affaires in the embassy Mr Nasiru Waje disclosed this in N’djamena to some Nigerian journalists on a working visit to Chad. He said that the inmates, some of whom had not…

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday, struck out the suit seeking to commit Senate President Bukola Saraki to prison for allegedly refusing to pay salaries and allowances of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The action followed the confirmation that the entitlements of the Delta Central representative had been offset by the upper chamber…

Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori said from his hospital bed Thursday that a return to prison would be a "death sentence," the day after a court revoked a pardon for crimes against humanity. Fujimori, 80, addressed a plea to Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and the South American country's judiciary in a video recorded at his bedside.…

An Ikeja High Court sitting in Lagos State yesterday sentenced two former gang members of billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans to 41 years in prison. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the convicts, 32-year-old Kelvin Emenike Ukoh and Emeka Obasi, 33 over the abduction of one Ugoje Jude, a shipping agent, and his employee,…