Tag: Prisoners
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Three napped hiding drugs inside bread for prisoners
Three napped hiding drugs inside bread for prisoners The Kaduna police command has apprehended three individuals for allegedly attempting to smuggle hard drugs to a suspect in custody. The suspects were found with an unspecified quantity of drugs concealed inside a loaf of bread. Mansir Hassan, spokesperson for the command, announced the arrests on Sunday, stating…
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UN Chief welcomes exchange of prisoners between Ukraine, Russia
UN chief welcomes exchange of prisoners between Ukraine, Russia UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has welcomed the exchange of 230 Ukrainian and 248 Russian prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. This is the largest such exchange since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Guterres, in a statement by his Associate Spokesperson, Ms…
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Just in: I can name companies employing foreign prisoners as expatriates – Oshiomhole
Just in: I can name companies employing foreign prisoners as expatriates – Oshiomhole Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, says some prisoners from foreign countries are working in Nigeria as construction workers or expatriates. Oshiomhole, now chairman of the senate committee on interior, said he was prepared to name the companies involved in…
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Many Nigerian prisoners tortured to confess – Australian High Commission
Many Nigerian prisoners tortured to confess – Australian High Commission The Charge D’ Affaires of Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Leann Johnston, lamented in Abuja, on Tuesday, November 5, that despite the declaration by Nigeria for the Anti-Torture Act 2017, the government has not complied with it 100 per cent According to him, there are…
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Sierra Leone under curfew as prisoners on the loose
Sierra Leone under curfew as prisoners on the loose Sierra Leone has been placed under a nationwide curfew as armed men broke into a prison, setting inmates free. Detainees from Central Pademba Road prison in the capital city Freetown were released on Sunday morning, an official at the facility told BBC News. Earlier on, the…
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U.S. advances deal with Iran to swap prisoners, free frozen oil funds
U.S. advances deal with Iran to swap prisoners, free frozen oil funds The Biden administration has issued a waiver for banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil funds without fear of U.S. sanctions — a key step in securing the release of five American citizens detained in Iran, people familiar with the matter…
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Seven people killed as hunt for escaped Mexican prisoners turns deadly
At least seven people have been killed in a shoot-out in Mexico as officials searched for 30 inmates who staged a bloody prison break on Sunday. Gunmen opened fire on state investigators who were hunting the escapees, killing at least two of them. Five gunmen also died in the shoot-out, but it is not yet…
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FG plans mass prisoners’ release, writes governors
Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting in order to decongest jails around the country. This was made known to our correspondent by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday. In exactly one month, Aregbesola stated he would meet with state governors to agree on…
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Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘war crime’ after air strike kills 50 Ukrainian prisoners
Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of committing further war crimes following a deadly missile strike on a prison. Up to 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in a missile strike on Friday, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of carrying out the attack. Russia’s defence ministry said 50 prisoners were killed and 75 wounded in the attack on the prison in…
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Fleeing Edo inmate kills court witness that sent him to jail
The Edo State Police Command says one the 1,993 inmates who escaped during the jailbreaks at Oko and Benin prisons in the state has been arrested for killing a witness that testified in a case that sent him to jail. The inmates had fled the prisons during the crisis that trailed the #EndSARS protest. Edo…