Inmates

Twenty-six inmates of Abolongo Prison in Oyo town who sat for the 2018 external SSCE organised by the National Examination Council (NECO) got five credits each. Mr Akinrujomu Tosin, the Controller of Prisons, Oyo State Command, disclosed…

Lagos State government on Friday said it has pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri who have been imprisoned for over 20 years for various offences, while 20 others on death row had their punishment converted to life…

Gov Ben Ayade of Cross River has donated N1 million and other gift items to the management of the General Hospital Calabar for the upkeep of the prison inmate who gave birth to twins at the hospital on Thursday, April 18. Ayade, who was…

The Delta state Chief Judge, Justice Marshal Umukoro has ordered the release 48 awaiting trial inmates from Kwale and Ugwashi-Uku prisons after a routine visit. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of…

NO fewer than 124 inmates of the Enugu Maximum Prison credited more than five subjects including English and Mathematics in the recently released 2018 November/December West African Examination Council (WAEC) results. Mr Monday…

Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, fed 991 inmates of the Jos Prison on Christmas Day. The Catholic priest said that the gesture was aimed at giving the prisoners a sense of belonging in the society.…

Minister of State for Power, Housing and Transport,  Suleiman Hassan Zarma has secured the release of 36 inmates of the Gombe State main Prisons. Hassan Zarma disclosed this while speaking with Journalists in Gombe on Saturday shortly…

In line with his statutory duty and in a bid to further decongest prisons in the state, the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Honourable Justice Munta Ladipo Abimbola, on Thursday freed 84 inmates from the Agodi Prison. The session presided over…

THE Chief Judge of the state, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, has released 19 inmates awaiting trial in some prisons across the state. He said the exercise was part of the move to decongest the prisons in the state. Ajanah, who visited the…

Austin Ebipade, Yenagoa A Non-Governmental Organisation under the aegis of Patriotic Citizen of Nigeria (PACON) has brought succour to six inmates as it facilitated their release from detention at the maximum Okaka Prison yard in…