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3,167 condemned prisoners on death row in Nigeria – Correctional Service

THE Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said there are 3,167 condemned inmates on death row in prisons across the...
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Reps urge FG to secure release of Nigerians held illegally in foreign prisons

MEMBERS of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to intervene and secure the release of...
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I was tortured with hot pressing iron for 23 days for not giving SARS N500,000, man tells Ekiti panel.

AYOTOMIWA Elegbeleye, a 30-year-old man on Thursday narrated before the Ekiti State Judicial Panel of Inquiry how the disbanded...
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Overcrowding in prisons risks becoming a public health catastrophe – AI warns African govts

AMNESTY International, a global advocacy group, has urged authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to protect prisoners from the risk of...
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Human rights lawyer sentenced to prison for speaking to media in Egypt

ZYAD El-Elaimy, a human rights lawyer, former Member of Parliament and one of the leaders of the Egyptian Social...
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VIDEO: I can get a person jailed and throw away the keys, labour minister Ngige brags 

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, boasts that he has the power to get a person detained indefinitely...
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