Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced two senior Ansaru terrorist commanders, Abubakar Abba (Abu Baraa) and Mahmud Usman (Mamuda), to life imprisonment after they admitted to terrorism-related offences. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the judgment after convicting the pair on a 32-count charge brought by the Department of State...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday ordered that online publisher and presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, be taken back to the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, if he fails to meet the bail conditions granted him last Tuesday by 4 p.m. today. Last week,...
Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, will remain in Kuje Correctional Centre after the Federal High Court in Abuja fixed June 30 to rule on his application seeking to overturn the revocation of his bail. Justice Mohammed Umar scheduled the ruling after hearing arguments from...
Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered an immediate investigation into the conduct of its operatives following an incident that occurred at the Federal High Court in Abuja and led to the remand of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Custodial Centre. In a statement issued on...
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of...
Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded arrangements with the Government of Ethiopia for the transfer of more than 100 Nigerian prisoners currently serving various jail terms in Ethiopian correctional facilities back to Nigeria. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to hand over the former Minister for Power, Saleh Mamman to the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Kuje, Abuja for the commencement of his 75 years prison term....
By AJAYI OSASHON – The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the de-congestion of Nigerian prisons and a periodic review to end the prolonged detention of awaiting trial inmates in the country. According to 2024 official statistics, of the estimated 79,237 inmate population in Nigeria, 26,718 were convicted, while 52,519...
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...
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...