A suspect who police said confessed to killing 42 women and was being detained over the discovery of dismembered bodies in Kenya’s capital has escaped from police custody, officials said Tuesday. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, was being detained at a…
119 inmates escape as heavy rains destroy Suleja Prisons
No fewer than 119 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, have escaped, following hours of heavy downpour which destroyed parts of the facility on Wednesday night. Spokesman of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Command of the…
What will happen to Bobrisky in jail?
“Finally, hand don touch am,” as we say in naija. The news about Bobrisky, aka Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, being caught, charged and sentenced to six months in jail by a Lagos High Court over mutilating the naira, shocked me. A…
Makinde commutes 4 death sentences to life imprisonment
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the release of 10 inmates in correctional centres in the state and commuted four death sentences to life imprisonment. The State Controller of Correctional Service, Mr Abdulraheen Salami, disclosed this in a…
Taraba gov pardons 31 inmates
Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on Monday, announced clemency for 31 inmates in the spirit of the New Year celebration. In a state broadcast monitored by our correspondent, Kefas said, “As we usher in the dawn of a new…
Prison breaks: 3,906 inmates still at large ― Aregbesola
A total of 3,906 inmates who escaped from various custodial centers in the country at still at large, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has revealed. Appearing on a media briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team at the presidential…
China prison break: Public appeal after rare inmate escape (BBC)
In China, prison escapes are few and far between. So the case of two men escaping from a Liaoning prison has turned into a nationwide hunt. In an unusual step, Chinese media are appealing for the public’s help in tracking…