The Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano State Command, says it foiled an attempt to smuggle suspected Indian hemp into the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kurmawa, in Kano. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, CSC Musbahu Kofarnassarawa, on Monday in Kano. Kofarnassarawa said the incident “occurred on Sunday at
Improving prison conditions for Abdullah Ocalan has been a key Kurdish demand in push to end PKK-Turkiye conflict.
Detectives are investigating an alleged assault by a group of men on a young off-duty police officer in the Victorian city of Shepparton.
A farmer, Samson Gabriel, has allegedly been hacked to death by his neighbour, Lekan Oyebamiji, following a disagreement over money in Akinlalu, Osun State. Residents of the community said the killing had triggered tension, forcing some people living near the two men to leave their homes for fear of being arrested by the police.
The government has increased the daily feeding allowance for Ghana Prisons Service inmates from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5, Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang announced. The Vice President announced this at the commissioning of Cadet Course Intakes 33, 34 and 35 into the Senior Officer Corps of the Ghana Prisons Service at Adansi Fumso in the Ashanti Region.
The police said the suspect allegedly shot his wife in the chest with a locally fabricated firearm following a domestic dispute at their residence
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 2 – Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been fined KSh21 million following his conviction in a money laundering case, with the court imposing a total of 13 years in alternative prison sentences should he fail to pay the fines. The case also involves Waititu’s wife, Susan Wangari Ndung’u, former Kiambu County Chief Officer for Roads Luka Mwangi Wahinya and businessman Charles Chege Mbuthia, whose company, Testimony Enterprises Limited, was linked to the road construction contract.