Ado-Ekiti—A former lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District and versatile journalist, Babafemi Ojudu, has revealed how he drank his urine to survive in prison, under the military regime of late General Sani Abacha. Ojudu, former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs…
R. Kelly’s daughter speaks out in upcoming documentary: ‘I will not take my son to a prison to meet his grandfather’
R. Kelly’s daughter is speaking out about her father. In a trailer for the upcoming documentary R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey, Joanne Kelly shares how the convictions of her father on multiple sex crimes “changed my whole life” as…
Bobrisky released from prison
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has regained freedom from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, after spending six months in incarceration for abusing the naira by spraying it at parties. Recall that Bobrisky was sentenced to six months imprisonment…
Release EndSARS protesters still in prison, Shehu Sani urges Tinubu
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has asked President Bola Tinubu to pardon those incarcerated over the #EndSARS protest in 2020. In 2020, some Nigerian youths had taken to the streets to protest against police brutality and…
Hearing to determine if Missouri man who has been in prison for 33 years was wrongfully convicted
Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder he has claimed from the outset that he didn’t commit. A hearing this week will determine if he should go free. St. Louis prosecutors are now convinced Dunn is…
Court rejects terrorist negotiator’s plea for transfer to Kuje prison
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request by terrorist negotiator, Mohammed Tukur Mamu to be transferred from the custody of the Department of the State Services (DSS) to Kuje Prison. The court dismissed…
Panel beater jailed 3 months over N48k debt
A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja on Thursday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Amobi Chukwu to three months in prison for refusing to pay N48,000 debt. The Judge, Aliyu Alhassan, however gave the convict an option of N5, 000 fine.…
Black man who spent 44 years in prison before he was exonerated gets record $25M settlement
A Black North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of raping a prominent white woman has been awarded a historic $25 million settlement more than three years after he was exonerated. Ronnie Long,…
Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori released from prison
Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison on Wednesday ahead of the completion of his sentence for authorizing the operation of a death squad in his country, according to court documents and images of the ailing ex-leader outside…
Russian schoolboy gets 6 years in prison for arson
A 17-year-old schoolboy in Russia was sentenced to six-years in a prison camp on Thursday for attempted arson attacks against military facilities. The court in Saint Petersburg found him guilty of “attempted terrorism’’ for throwing Molotov cocktails at the buildings…