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The House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 6, advised the federal government to show mercy to deserving inmates so as to decongest correctional centres across Nigeria.   Adopting a motion sponsored by Chinedu Okay (APC, Ebonyi), the House told the Federal Ministry of Justice to prevent delays in justice dispensation …

A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, government officials in the West African country have said.   Tensions in the West African nation have been on a rise since a contested election in June, with President Bio …

A Nigerian man, Oladeji, said that incarceration has shrunk the pool of marriageable men in Nigeria.    He stated this on Monday, October 23, while complaining to the spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, about the population of eligible men in prisons.    “Sir our ladies are …

The state’s chief judge says it’s wrong to keep minors in the same facility with adult offenders. Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir, expressed misgivings on Tuesday in Lafia …

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has decried escalating insecurity in the country following Tuesday’s attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by terrorists.    The actor, who stated this via his Instastory on Sunday, July 10, said that the security situation is so bad that it’s now very easy for terrorists to free their …