The occasional temptation to clandestinely steal a kiss here, stroke a breast there or pinch a drooping bum there can lead many healthy males into behaving like unguarded adventurous youngsters. Sexual sin is what happens when female attraction points are left carelessly loose and at the easy disposal of...
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Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) shortly after his release from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Malami was reportedly taken into custody after fulfilling his bail conditions and stepping out of...
In continuation of his yearly Christmas outreach, the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah on Thursday paid a pastoral visit to the convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other inmates at the Nigeria Correctional facility, Sokoto. Bishop Kukah, who was accompanied by priests, religious, and members of...
It was joy and upliftment as members of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF) Staff Fellowship visited Kuje Correctional Centre on Tuesday bringing hope and succour to inmates. According to the coordinator of the group, John Oleka, the visit was in partnership with the Fund as part of...
Human-rights activist and presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has raised alarm over an alleged covert transfer of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to a correctional facility in Sokoto State. Sowore made the claim on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday, warning that the...
Department of State Services (DSS) has re-arrested Abdulazeez Obadaki, a senior figure in the Ansaru terror network and one of the most wanted escapees from the 2022 Kuje Custodial Centre attack. Obadaki, also known as “Bomboy,” had been on the run for more than three years before operatives finally...
An Abuja magistrate court has ordered the remand of Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel to detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, along with 12 others, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. The group was arrested during a protest held on Monday and spearheaded by activist Omoyele Sowore, demanding an end to Kanu’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) reported that 16 inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday. According to NCoS spokesperson Abubakar Umar, the escape occurred after inmates overpowered security measures and attacked personnel on duty, leading...
Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has discharged 56 inmates across two custodial centres in the FCT Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The NCoS Public Relations Officer (PRO) of FCT command, Mr Samson Duza made this known in a statement...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports alleging that inmates were being poorly fed and dying of hunger in custodial centres across the country. Reacting to the claims in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO),...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the release of Mr Tigran Gambaryan, the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, from Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s counsel, R. U. Adagba, informed the court of the decision...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested the suspected organiser of the murder of a retired Brigadier General, Uwem Udokwere, in his Sunshine Estate home in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, disclosed this at a news...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the remand of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Kuje Correctional Centre pending the hearing of his bail application. Justice James Omotosho gave the order after Mamman pleaded not guilty to a 12-count amended charge bordering on money...
The Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has perfected his bail conditions from the two cases he is facing – alleged asset declaration and illicit drugs – at the Federal High Court in Abuja and has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre, after spending twenty-seven...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) management in Kuje, FCT, to take the ailing and detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to a hospital for a medicare. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application by Gambaryan’s counsel,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – o The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has raised an alarm over attempts by some visitors to smuggle illicit drugs into its custodial centres. The Public Relations Officer, NCoS FCT Command, DSC Adamu Duza, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “Recently, after...
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, on Friday visited the inmates of Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje to commemorate 72nd birthday of President Bola Tinubu. The minister, who was represented by his aide, Nafisa Bello, said the visit was to celebrate President’s birthday with inmates...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will deploy gun truck to Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre to strengthen security around the facility. The FCT NSCDC Commandant, Mr Olusola Odumosu, who made this known when...
An FCT High Court on Tuesday ordered that a man, Olaniyi Adegboro be remanded in Kuje Corrections Centre for allegedly stabbing ASP Ayuba Zakari to death. The police charged Adegboro with murder. Following the prayer of the prosecution counsel for a date to open his case, Justice Peter...
There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, after Justice James Omotosho adjourned the hearing of a bail application of Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), until Jan. 31. The adjournment followed counsel for the...