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Local News

Igboho breaks down over prison experience

Tijani Mariam January 27, 2026

Prominent Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho, on Monday broke down in tears while recounting his ordeal in prison custody in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. Igboho, during a thank-you visit to the...

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Local News

Tears As 52 Arrested AAU Students Remanded In Prison For Protesting

VAM News January 12, 2026

A Benin High Court on Monday ordered the remand of 52 persons, including students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre on allegations of armed robbery and willful destruction of property....

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National

Kanu’s Bid to Leave Sokoto Prison Hit with Setback

Tijani Mariam December 8, 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has turned down the request of Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking transfer from Sokoto prison to either Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory or Keffi prison...

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Entertainment

Actor Baba Ijesha freed

VAM News November 15, 2025

Nollywood actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been released from prison after spending more than three years in custody over allegations of sexual assault. The actor regained his freedom on Friday,...

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Foreign

Sakozy seeks mercy, says prison life is very hard

Tijani Mariam November 10, 2025

Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy’s request to be released from jail pending appeal was heard by a Paris court on Monday, less than three weeks after the ex-head of state began serving a five-year...

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Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother, Lawyer, 10 Others Land in Prison

VAM News October 21, 2025

News Update A magistrate’s court in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has remanded Prince Emeka Kalu and Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, and 10 others in Kuje prison. They were charged with inciting disturbance and breach...

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Local News

Jubilation as CJ frees 35 Inmates from prison

Tijani Mariam September 24, 2025

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, during the decongestion of custodial centres in Nasarawa State on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. | Credit: Collins Agwam. The Chief Judge of the...

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World News

Simon Ekpa sentenced to prison for terrorism

VAM News September 1, 2025

News Update THE Päijät-Häme District Court has stated that Simon Ekpa was guilty of encouraging crimes with terrorist intent, aiding a terrorist organization, engaging in aggravated tax fraud, and breaching the Attorneys Act. The...

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Local News

NCoS operatives wounded as 16 Inmates Escape From Prison

VAM News August 12, 2025

News Update No fewer than sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday following a violent breach of the facility’s security. The fleeing...

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Local News

Court sentences couple to 22 years imprisonment for drug trafficking — Report

Akanji Philip August 5, 2025

A businessman Ajah Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday 4th August 2025 sentenced to a total of 22 and a half years imprisonment by Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal...