Distured by the rising numbers of awaiting trial inmates across the country, Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has advocated the introduction of restorative justice and non-custodial sentences in the Nigerian judicial system to help decongest correctional centres in Nigeria. Speaking while inaugurating members of the State Advisory Council on …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The embattled cop was on Thursday granted bail by Justice Kolawole Omotosho after 18 months in detention. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency had declared Kyari wanted over his alleged involvement …
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A 41-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, standing trial for the murder of his mother, has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that he has been hearing voices asking him to kill somebody in prison. Nurudeen, who lived abroad for 12 years, is standing trial before …
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A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Thursday sentenced two men- Kabiru Ibrahim and Yusuf Danjuma, to two months imprisonment each for smoking cannabis sativa (a.k.a.Indian hemp). The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, said he convicted the defendants as they admitted committing the offence. He, however, gave the convicts N2, 000 …
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A former New England Patriots star who was convicted of murder was found hanged Wednesday morning in the Massachusetts prison where he was serving a life sentence, officials said. CNN is reporting the death of Hernandez, 27, comes just days after he was acquitted in a separate murder case. Hernandez …
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The Nigerian Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has suspended three senior Prisons officers over their involvement in the issuance of an unauthorized medical report on former Adamawa State Governor Bala Ngelari, who is currently serving a 5-year sentence in Yola Prison. According to a press release …
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The former governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, has reportedly been released from the UK prison where he has spent four years and eight months. Ibori, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, was accused in February 2012 of stealing $250m from the Delta State public purse. Ibori, who was …
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An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of three accused persons in Ilesa Prison over alleged armed robbery. Chief Magistrate Olusola Aluko, ordered the remand of the defendants: Moshood Sheriff, 38; Olaleye Sarafadeen, 36, and Ajetunmobi Sefiu, 26, due to the magnitude of their offence. They are …
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A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled. A Surulere Magistrates’ Court, which gave the order, said the man should be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons until the …
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Former Sunderland and England winger Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison. The former England international has been handed a custodial sentence following a hearing at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday and will now spend six years in jail. Johnson was found guilty by jury of one …
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