A drunk Zambian police officer, Detective Inspector Titus Phiri, freed 13 suspects from custody for them to celebrate the New Year, officials revealed. Phiri was arrested after releasing the suspects from Leonard Cheelo police station in the capital, Lusaka, before running away himself, BBC reports. The 13 detainees accused of crimes such as assault, robbery, and burglary are currently on …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday acquitted and discharged four persons allegedly charged with conspiracy, murder and armed robbery. The defendants, Abdulahi Oladepo (30), Momolosho Olanrewaju (27), Jimoh Azeez (29) and Ibrahim Adebisi (29) were arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana on March 24, 2023, on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder and armed robbery. The …

Twelve out of the 25 students of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, brought before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, for alleged murder were on Monday discharged. On June 5, 25 students of the institution were arraigned and charged with conspiracy, murder and negligence. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, had ordered the students to be remanded in …

The Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, on Tuesday, freed one inmate and granted four bail from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja. This was contained in a press statement signed by the spokesperson, Nigerian Correctional Service, Federal Capital Territory Command, Adamu Duza, and made available to our correspondent. According to the statement, Justice Abdulmalik, who was accompanied …

The Federal Government has freed 178 inmates from various custodial centres in Jigawa State through the Ministry of Interior. In a statement in Dutse, the state capital, on Thursday. the spokesman for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in Jigawa, Mr. Muhammad Sani said that the NCoS Controller in the state, Mr. Muazu Garba-Charanchi, freed the inmates on behalf of the …