Man Caught on Camera Robbing Lagos Hospital Sentenced to Prison A CCTV camera at the medical facility caught him snatching a worker’s laptop a few weeks ago. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 30-year-old Lagos resident identified as Nnanna Kalu, who was arrested and turned over to the State Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at … Read more
Alhaji in prison after claiming to own Abuja property collected N30m He fraudulently claimed to be the owner of Plot No. 167 Katempe District in Abuja and sold it. Ekohotblog reports that one Alhaji Haruna Husseini has been arraigned before Justice A. S. Adepoju of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Wuse, Abuja by … Read more
Lagos resident sent to prison for assaulting EKEDC staff. Adeyemi was detained and charged in court by the police. Ekohotblog reports that one David Adeyemi, a resident of Lagos State, was sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting Eko Electricity Distribution Staff member (EKEDC). Adeyemi was arraigned at Tinubu Magistrate Court on a two-count … Read more
He said that the surety, thereby obstructed, prevented and perverted the course of justice. A 47-year-old man, Abodurin Ohai, has been remanded in Prison for aiding a suspect in escaping. A Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State ordered that the man who pleaded guilty be remanded. Ohai had stood as a surety for his … Read more
Prison chiefs have called in police to investigate the footage, which is understood to have been filmed weeks ago. A female prison officer has resigned from her job after a video of her kissing a prison inmate was leaked. Kevin Hogg, an inmate at HMP Addiewell, in West Lothian, Scotland, secretly set up a … Read more
Late President Yar’Adua’s son has been remanded in prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. It was gathered that the … Read more
Kemisola was arrested alongside three others, Ayodele Bukunmi, Ojo Samuel and Ani Obinna during the EndSARS saga. One of the youths arrested in Ondo State by security operatives during the EndSARS protest has given birth in prison custody. The 18-year-old girl, Kemisola Oguniyi gave birth in Surulere Prison in Ondo West Local Government Area of … Read more
Rauf Aregbesola, is accused of prematurely retiring seven Assistant Controller Generals (ACGs) who took part in the screening and examination that produced the current Controller General, Haliru Nababa. There is controversy over the retirement of senior officers at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service (NPS). Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, is … Read more
Inmates attempted to foment chaos but were subdued by prison officials. Security operatives on Thursday evening thwarted yet another jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison in Kano state. Ekohotblog gathered that shots were fired in the precinct of the prison as residents prepared to break their Ramadan fast on Thursday evening. The prison is situated … Read more
In the event that an appeal or supreme Court upholds its verdict, an Abuja based Nigerian businessman will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted for drug trafficking, a Tanzanian court has ruled. According to the Citizens, Mike Nwankwo was sentenced on Friday after the sitting judge Mohamed Gwae found him … Read more
Eko Hot Blog DPP issued a total of 1,223 legal advice as at December 2020 Stealing remains the most prevailing offence for which inmates were incarcerated, followed closely by other offences as: breach of peace, cultism, fighting, murder and armed robbery. The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, has said that … Read more
Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, says Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has done nothing wrong for protesting against bad governance. Jalingo who said this during an interview with PUNCH said his fellow activist who was arrested on New Year Eve has been moved from Kuje Prison to Police Custody on Tuesday. He said Sowore … Read more
Escapees Threaten Policemen With Text Messages – Edo State CP Ekohotblog, November 15, 2020 Escapees from the two correctional centres in Benin City, Edo State, have reportedly been sending threat text messages to policemen who investigated and prosecuted their cases. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Johnson Kokumo, made the revelation on Saturday, adding that … Read more
The administrative session of Warri Prison in Delta state was engulfed by fire on Thursday following an attempted jailbreak. Ekohotblog gathered that protesting inmates set the unit ablaze just as suspected hoodlums stormed the prison to set them free. But soldiers reportedly moved in and thwarted the prisoners escape plan More to follow…
The Nigerian Correctional Service on Monday said suspected protesters are responsible for today’s jailbreak in Benin. The service averred that the violence contradicted the message of #EndSARS as a nonviolent campaign. “The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Custodial Centres at Benin and Oko in Benin City were attacked this morning by suspected protesters under the #ENDSARS … Read more
Twenty inmates were killed in a shootout with police while trying to flee from the prison in Madagascar on Sunday. Scores of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed a gun as they tried to flee the Farafangana prison in the southeast of the Indian Ocean island, it said. Read Also: NNPC Suspends Pumping Operations … Read more
Rick Gates, ex-deputy campaign director of Donald Trump, was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 days in prison and three years’ probation for having lied in connection with the investigation of the Russian affair led by special prosecutor Robert Mueller. Mr. Gates, who was a business partner of ousted councillor Paul Manafort, is also convicted of … Read more