$500,000 Bribe: Supreme Court Affirms Farouk Lawan’s Five-year Prison Sentence The Supreme Court has affirmed the five-year jail term handed to a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan by the Court of Appeal. Lawan was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for...

Court Commits EFCC Boss, Bawa, to Prison The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been committed to prison for allegedly disobeying court order. The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to effect Bawa’s arrest and remand him in...

New facts have emerged that majority of inmates which constitute about 72 percent in prison facilities across Nigeria are awaiting trial persons. The current population of prisoners in Nigeria is put at 68,110 which comprises of 66,774 males and 1336 females. The information which was...