Court Sends First Bank Staff, Eight Internet Fraudsters to Prison
Andrew Nwadiashi a 40-year-old banker and eight internet fraudsters were on Friday, August 4, 2023, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. The others are Osawa Marvellous, Etinosa…
Why This Palm Wine And 404 Shade Shouldn’t Be Called A Kitchen
I lived in Afokang prison for months. It’s my alma mater. I am actually emotionally attached to the facility because I have friends and people I call brothers, languishing in there. Many of them are innocent. More than 70 percent…
Bayelsa: Timipre Sylvia’s Running Mate A Convict, Prison Escapee — Investigative Journalist Reveals
The governorship ambition of the former Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva maybe heading to a dead end as his running mate, Joshua Maciver, is a suspected convict. The Niger Delta militant who was picked by the…
10 Reasons: Why I Preferred Prison To Police Detention
These things don’t happen in your regular Police detention. Now you see why I preferred prison ba? Yours sincerely,Citizen Agba Jalingo. StreetReporters.ng
Chizoba: FG Will Demand Full investigation into Nigerian’s Death in Ethiopian Prison – Dabiri-Erewa
The Nigerian Mission in Ethiopia will demand full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death.of a Nigerian, Chizoba Favour Eze, in Ethiopian Prison. Reacting to the reported death of Chizobia Eze, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission…
Court Remands 2 Men for Allegedly Killing 2 Brothers
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Thursday ordered that two men, Tedon Abdulraman, 30 and Umoru Amodu, 30, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly killing two brothers. The duo whose residential addresses were not provided were charged with…
Rights Group TO IGP: Why You Should Arrest EFCC Chairman, Send Him To Prison
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has backed the call for the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to immediately enforce the Tuesday order of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja committing the…
HURIWA Compares Evans’ Jail Term with Wadume’s, Draws Conclusions
Demands Another Trial for Taraba Kidnapping Kingpin or No Decent Young Nigerian Should Enlist in Police Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Tuesday, described as appropriate justice the fresh jail term handed out to…
Ruminations: If Only The Emperor Had Known…
You locked me up in jail the first time for six months for doing nothing to you. You put me on a three years trial for horrible crimes like terrorism, treasonable felony, cultism and attempt to overthrow government. My younger…
Finally, Inibehe Effiong Freed As Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Says “I’m Back And Stronger”
After initial drama early Friday, jailed human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was remanded by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Nma Ekaette Obot, has been freed after 30 days imprisonment. Effiong, who announced his release on Friday…
Women Go Nude In Uyo, Demand Release Of Inibehe Effiong
A cross section of human rights groups as well as Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in Akwa Ibom State congregated in Uyo over the weekend to demand for the release of the Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Barrister Inibehe Effiong. Especially, women of…
