Tag: jailbreak

“The assailants used dynamite to blow off our roof.”

She said that the command is working closely with the relevant agencies to ensure the safety and security of the ...

Mr Tunji-Ojo made the pledge when he visited Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, where 119 inmates escaped following a rainstorm

Some media reports had claimed that Osinachi’s husband and Wadume escaped during July 5 terrorists’ attack on the custodial centre.

The government also publishes details of the inmates at large.

The prisoners escaped from the Gilboa prison, which is supposed to be one of Israel’s most secured facilities.

Hoodlums on Thursday attempted to break into the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCos) Centre, Ikoyi, in Lagos in an attempt to ...

Over 200 inmates escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3 during an attack on the facility by ...

"There are security gaps to be addressed in the prisons such as manpower, decongestion."

Only 19 out of the 219 prisoners that escaped have been re- arrested.

Seven inmates have been recaptured, an official said.

Two people are feared dead.

The affected officers are to hand over all government properties in their possession to their immediate superior and exit accordingly.

The overcrowded Nsukka prison currently accommodates about 500 inmates. It was built to house 180 inmates.

The inmates in one of the cells in the prison dug a big hole in the wall of their cell ...

The Koton Karfe prison was accommodating about 263 inmates when the jailbreak occurred.

The Nigeria Prisons Service says it has intensified efforts to recapture the fleeing prisoners

The prisoners were protesting poor healthcare delivery in the prison.

There was a prison break at Maiha police lock up, Adamawa. Unknown gunmen on Friday attacked the Maiha Prison and ...