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According to SAHARA REPORTERS there has been a riot in Kuje Prison, Abuja. A source within the Prison who spoke to VANGUARD said, ''There is a lock down in the prison, ‎prisons officials are throwing tear-gas at the inmates to cow them because of the last jail break.” An inmate who also...

The Federal Government has dismissed 23 prisons officials for alleged complicity in jail-breaks at the Kuje Medium Security Prisons, Abuja and Koton-Karfe Prisons, Kogi State, respectively. The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board, at its emergency meeting held on...

Kuje Medium Security Prison, Abuja, has played host to both ordinary and eminent Nigerians. In recent times, some of the high profile inmates include the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, former Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro and the...

Authorities have recaptured the prisoners who escaped from Kuje Prison in Abuja last week, Sahara reporters said. It's believed that the escapees had assistance from prison staff to break out. The rearrested men are being held at the Department of State Services (DSS) Headquarters in Abuja...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola, and his wife, Stella were last week held in Kuje prison over a seven-count criminal charge bordering on alleged $40 million contract scam. See photos of the couple below:

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ordered that the former chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh be remanded in prison custody pending hearing on his bail application. Badeh was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defense...

Former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro has been ordered by the Federal High Court in Abuja to be remanded in Kuje prison following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the botched Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment. See Nigerians' comments...

There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is being kept in a prison cell where financial scammers and those who had committed frauds were being held, Punch reports. It was learnt that Metuh, who was remanded at the Kuje Prisons, Abuja on the order of a...

PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh, was taken to prison shortly after he was granted bail in the sum of N400m by the court on Tuesday. According to PUNCH, Metuh was driven off in a prison pick-up van ‎from the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Reports say Metuh, who was produced in court in...