Tag: Prison
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Tinubu Sends Prisoner Transfer Amendment Bill To Senate
By Opeyemi Adelakun President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to amend Nigeria’s prisoner-transfer law to facilitate agreements with countries outside the Commonwealth. The President transmitted the Transfer of Convicted Offenders (Enactment and Enforcement) Amendment Bill, 2026, to the upper chamber for consideration, seeking a broader legal basis for transferring convicted persons between Nigeria and…
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Breaking: Tupac Killer Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis Bags 40 Years to Life in Prison
By Gloria Drealomalicha Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, the man convicted of masterminding the 1996 killing of American rap superstar Tupac Shakur, has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, nearly three decades after the rapper was gunned down in Las Vegas. Davis was sentenced on Tuesday following his first-degree murder conviction in August,…
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US Judge Orders Texas to Install Air Conditioning in All Prisons by 2029
By Sunday Ameh A federal judge in the United States has ordered the state of Texas to install air conditioning in all its prisons by the end of 2029, ruling that extreme heat in facilities without adequate cooling violates inmates’ constitutional rights. US District Judge Robert Pitman issued the 150-page order on Tuesday, directing the…
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MASSOB Founder, Uwazuruike Accuses Nnamdi Kanu of Recruiting Igbo Youths for Violence from Prison
By Gloria Drealomalicha Biafra agitator Ralph Uwazuruike has accused fellow separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of continuing to recruit Igbo youths into violent activities while in detention, alleging that the actions have contributed to the deaths of many young people in the South-East. Uwazuruike, founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of…
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Security Alert: Intelligence Warns of Planned Attacks on Abuja Airport, Prisons
By George Omagbemi Sylvester Nigerian security agencies have been placed on high alert following intelligence reports indicating that terrorist groups are planning coordinated attacks on key infrastructure in Abuja and neighbouring Niger State. April 16, 2026 — According to an internal memo from the Nigeria Customs Service, suspected militants linked to Boko Haram and the…