Lawyer Aloy Ejimakor, activist Omoyele Sowore, and other legal consultants walk outside the Federal High Court during the ruling in the terrorism trial of Indigenous People of Biafra leader Nnamdi ...

Nigerian state police escort Nnamdi Kanu, second from left, outside the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria in October 2021 [File: Kola Sulaimon/AFP] A Nigerian court has sentenced separatist leader ...

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Roberts Orya, to 10 years’ imprisonment for bank fraud ...

The coronavirus is spreading quickly in America’s jails and prisons, where social distancing is impossible and sanitizer is widely banned, prompting authorities across the country to release thousands ...

Wife of former Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu returns home following custodial sentence, while her husband remains ...

A man who spent 26 years in prison has lamented over a failed prison system considered not able to reform inmates. A fight over a water wastage had ensured that he spent 26 years behind bars before a ...

The Nigerian government has released a list of prison escapees declared most wanted, urging citizens to report information to ...

A Nigerian court on Thursday jailed Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu for life for "terrorism", ending a decade-old legal saga in which the prosecution sought the death penalty. Kanu, leader of ...