Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as loitering, public indecency, and begging. The judgement has the potential…
27 November 2020Wia dis foto come from, Twitter/Victor MelaNigeria House of Representative member, Victor Mela, say im no believe say di question of weda or not im dey disqualified from…
By Rebecca Ejifoma Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sunday Akintan, has urged the Federal Government to put courts in big prisons like Kirikiri Maximum Security Correctional Centre, to…
“I cannot remain indifferent to this disgraceful sentence for humanity,” wrote Piotr Cywinski, who is in charge of preserving the former Nazi Germany death camp, in an open letter Friday to…
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He disclosed that the lock down occasioned by the pandemic stalled the implementation of the Act for about six months, adding that no capital projects could be carried out due…
TWO NIGERIAN filmmakers face prison if they release their film about a lesbian couple. Pamela Adie and Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim could be sentenced to up to 14 years in jail if…
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A total of 66 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny by a General Court Martial in 2014, but subsequently given presidential amnesty, have urged the Federal High…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said the proposed consolidated sentencing guidelines will reduce prison congestion in the country to barest minimum. The AGF…
Abuja — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Mr.Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said that the proposed consolidated sentencing guidelines would ensure that congestion in prisons…
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has advocated the need for courts in the country to promote non-custodial sentencing option…
Okwe Obi, Abuja The General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army has sentenced Lance Corporal Babangida Ibrahim to 55 years in prison for culpable homicide, house breaking and theft. Ibrahim, with the…
A Lagos Federal High Court, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced three men to three years imprisonment each for stealing 120 metric tonnes of Automated Gasoline Oil (AGO), also known as…
A committee set up by the Federal Government in 2017 to find a way to decongest and reform correctional centres has facilitated the release of 7,813 inmates in three years.…
Government proponents of prison labor should be mindful of the potential for negative effects, including increased incarceration rates and citizens’ deteriorating views on state legitimacy. Using prisons as a source…
Olaronke AloBroadcast Journalist, BBC Pidgin, Lagos3 July 2020, 12:05 WATNew Informate 29 minutes wey don passWia dis foto come from, Instagram/Hushpuppi/mrwoodberyDi Extradition of popular Nigeria social media celebrity, Ramoni Igbalode…
Editorial Revelations that some 300 workers had been imprisoned in a rice-processing factory in Kano State since March and forced to work in intolerable conditions demonstrate the urgent need for…
An Osun State Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday, sentenced a man, Jonathan Ukonwe, to 30 days imprisonment for resisting arrest and intentionally disobeying the constituted authority for not…
