AdminMay 11, 20191 min readWhy we’re building more prisons across Nigeria – FGAbdulrahman Dambazau, the Minister of Interior, has explained why the Federal Government is investing in the building of prisons across...
AdminApr 27, 20193 min readLawyers blame police for congestion of prisons in EbonyiLawyers in Ebonyi State under the aegis of Good Leadership and Peace Advocates of Nigeria (GOLEPAN) have blamed Nigeria Police for the...
AdminApr 11, 20191 min readEkiti CJ visits prisons, frees inmatesA total number of 21 awaiting-trial inmates have been freed from the Ado-Ekiti Prisons by the Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji...
AdminJul 17, 20183 min readBiafra: Court orders Enugu AG, Prisons to produce 32 MASSOB-BIM membersAn Enugu Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered the Attorney-General of Enugu State and the Nigeria Prisons Service to produce detained...
AdminMay 12, 20182 min read78 percent inmates in Anambra Prisons awaiting trial – ControllerMr. Emmanuel Nwakaeze, Controller of the Anambra Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) says that seventy-eight percent of the...
AdminMar 23, 20181 min readNigerian Government only builds prisons in Igboland – OhanaezeApex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday lamented that the only notable presence of the Federal Government in...
AdminNov 22, 20171 min readBillionaire kidnapper: Prisons speaks on Evans claim of been starved for daysNigerian Prisons Services, NPS, has insisted that its officials are not starving billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike also...
AdminOct 6, 20172 min readEstablish special courts within prisons – Buhari to CJNPresident Muhammadu Buhari has suggested that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, establishes special courts within...
AdminOct 4, 20171 min readApplicant, 50, admits extortion, impersonation charges, remanded in prisonAn Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 50-year-old applicant, Rotimi Ajakaye, at Kirikiri Prisons after he pleaded...
AdminApr 17, 20171 min readPrisons ‘Overall General’ dumps Islam, converts to Christianity in Port HarcourtThe Overall General of Port Harcourt Maximum Security Prison, Adeosun Kazeem, has converted to Christianity. Kazeem renounced his Muslim...
AdminMar 12, 20172 min readNigeria Prisons have 68,259 inmates – Controller GeneralThe Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has disclosed that over 68,000 inmates are being held in prison facilities through the country as at...
AdminFeb 10, 20171 min readAnother terrorist group, Muslim Brotherhood plotting to bomb banks, barracks, prisons – Lai MohammedThe Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday alerted Nigerians of an alleged plot by Boko Haram affiliate, Muslim...
AdminNov 17, 20162 min readNigerian Prisons put people at risk, channels sewage into pubic drainageCholera outbreak seems imminent in Owerri, following the channeling of the sewage pipe containing faeces and urine from the Nigerian...
AdminSep 27, 20162 min readLagos State Chief Judge frees 20 inmates from Ikoyi PrisonsAtilade made the pronouncement at a mini-court session conducted at the prisons, where she told the inmates to ‘Go and sin no more’. The...
AdminAug 26, 20161 min readBoko Haram: FG reopens eight satellite prisons in BauchiBoko Haram The Federal Government has announced the re-opening of eight satellite prisons in Bauchi State earlier shut, due to the wave...
AdminJun 25, 20161 min readPrisons official confirms jail break at Kuje, speaks on Charles Okah’s alleged escapeThe Public Relations Officer of the Service, Francis Enobore told Daily Trust that there was an “incident” at the prison, Friday night....
AdminFeb 25, 20161 min readOkorocha demands list of Imo sons, daughters in US prisonsGov Rochas Okorocha The Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has asked for a comprehensive list of Imo sons and daughters serving...
AdminJul 5, 20151 min readWives of Prisons officers to be engaged economically – PROWAThe President of the association, Mrs Elizabeth Ekpendu, made the pledge when she addressed members of the association in Benin. She said...
AdminDec 5, 20141 min readJonathan appoints new Comptroller General of PrisonsUntil his new appointment, Ekpendu was Deputy Controller General (Administration). A native of Ibeku, Okwuato in Mbaise Local Government...
AdminMar 2, 20132 min readFG, states to jointly fund prisoners’ feedingThe Federal Government and the 36 states are to share the N10m bill for feeding about 54,642 inmates in the nation’s prisons. The...
