Prisons

Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt has revealed the reason he established his church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

David Ibiyeomie: Your mind will get you out of poverty not prayer, fasting

November 26, 2021

Police had in July described Wanjala's arrest as a major breakthrough in an investigation into a spate of disturbing child disappearances in the East African country.

Kenyan police capture ‘terror’ prison escapees

November 18, 2021

Kenyan police said Monday that three terrorists escaped from the country's highest security prison, including a dangerous inmate serving 41 years over an attack that killed 148 people.

Police: ‘Dangerous’ terrorists escape from Kenyan prison

November 15, 2021

The initiative is the latest stage of a project that began with festival film screenings inside prisons seven years ago. (Photo by Yassine Gaidi-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Film festival offers Tunisian inmates rare escape

November 8, 2021

People chant slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Pro-democracy groups called for mass protest marches across the country Saturday to press demands for re-instating a deposed transitional government and releasing senior political figures from detention. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan coup leader agrees with US to speed up new government formation

November 5, 2021

The senate has confirmed Faruk Yahaya as the chief of army staff.

Nigerian Army chief advocates non-kinetic approach to tackling insecurity

October 27, 2021

FILE - A man stands in front of the gate of a Nigerian Correctional Services facility that was attacked by gunmen, with large numbers of inmates set freed afterwards, in Imo State, Nigeria April 5, 2021.

Official: Dozens of inmates free in latest Nigeria jailbreak

October 23, 2021

The Lagos State Government, through its Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), has so far disbursed over N8 billion to 12,000 businesses, Gov. Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced on Friday, at Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary celebration at the Agege Stadium, Agege.

Lagos governor: Why revenue sharing formula should be reviewed

October 4, 2021

The Nigeria Ambassador to Guinea Bissau, Mr John Usanga, says there is no record of any Nigerian in any prison in Guinea Bissau.

No record of Nigerians in Guinea Bissau prisons – envoy

October 4, 2021

Ecuador prison riot deaths rise to 116, with 6 beheaded

September 30, 2021

A truck of Juhayna transports products of juice and milk from a factory in Cairo, Egypt, June 11, 2015. REUTERS-Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Amnesty: Struggle over Egypt’s Juhayna behind arrest of founder, son

September 27, 2021

4. The House of Representatives yesterday, approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for ongoing external loans to the tune of $8,325,526,537 (USD) and €490,000,000 (Euros) under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan.

House asks Nigerian government to intervene in cases of nationals illegally detained in foreign prisons

September 23, 2021

Relatives of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails hold their pictures during a demonstration, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Palestinians hold ‘day of rage’ solidarity protests for escapees

September 10, 2021

Foundation asks government to check growing IDP camps

September 6, 2021

A widow, Dorothy Nnabode on Monday told the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel that the police shot and killed her husband in front of her.

NHRC: Continued criminalisation of petty offences is tagging poverty a crime

August 28, 2021