LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 31-year-old bricklayer, Rasheed Bolaji, to two years imprisonment, for selling Cannabis Sativa, in the Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced Bolaji on Friday following his guilty plea to a two-count charge of trafficking and unlawful dealing…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Robbery suspects arrested in connection with the attack on a bullion van and killing of four policemen in Ebonyi State in July have explained how their gang leader, one Clement Abanara aka Millions, planned their operations from Ikoyi prison, Lagos, where he is remanded. The suspects are two dismissed soldiers, Ayeni Samuel…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers and Policemen are currently stationed and at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in a bid to foil an attempted jailbreak. The Nation learnt that the prison authorities notified the police and the military authorities for backup. An anonymous eyewitness said, “I can see them from my house at the moment. Soldiers and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday December 2,2019 at Ikoyi Prison,there was an Electrocution in One of the cells and 5 inmates were electrocuted to death whilst 10 others were seriously injured and in a state of shock due to an electric shock … The Incident happened at some minutes past 7am. Stella Dimoko Korkus sources…