Not less than Eight Inmates has been reportedly Shot Dead and Over 50 Injured In Sri Lanka Prison Riot. TruetellsNigeria reports that Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded over 50 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said Monday. Sri Lanka’s prisons have seen…
President Muhammadu Buhari has granted a presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates nationwide with 70 inmates from Kuje Correctional Center as beneficiaries. Out of the said number, President Buhari granted amnesty to five ex-convicts among whom are Late Professor Ambrose Ali, Late Chief Anthony Enahoro, Ex Lt. Col Moses Effiong, Major E. J Olanrewaju, and Mister…
An electric power accident has been reported at the Ikoyi Prison, a major correctional facility in Lagos. Several inmates were said to have been killed or injured when electric cables at the prison went up in flames late Monday morning. Francis Enobore, chief spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, confirmed the accident to PREMIUM TIMES,…
Nine officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have been suspended by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) after being implicated in the $1m scam pulled by off Hope Olusegun Aroke, an inmate serving a term of imprisonment in Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Lagos. LIB reported earlier that EFCC operatives arrested Emmanuel Oluwaniyi and…
The Police, Monday, discovered another torture centre meant to be a reformation place for children with character deformation in Daura, Katsina state. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is a native of Daura. TVC reports that the Police raided the centre following a riot by the inmates over excessive abuses. The centre is being operated by one…
