A woman identified as Shobowale Balikis has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle alcohol concealed in a bottled water pack into the Ibara Custodial Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ogun State Command, Olayinka Odukoya, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying correctional officers intercepted…

At least six inmates have reportedly died within one week following a suspected cholera outbreak at the Kurmawa Maximum Prison in Kano State. Amnesty International raised the alarm in a statement shared on its official Facebook page, calling on relevant authorities to immediately declare an emergency at the correctional facility. The organisation said several other…