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Female Lawyer Accused Of Murdering Husband In Ibadan Fails To Show Up At Trial

Female Lawyer Accused Of Murdering Husband In Ibadan Fails To Show Up At Trial

The trial of Ibadan lawyer, Yewande Fatoki-Oyediran for the murder of her husband, Oyelowo Oyediran, did not continue this morning as scheduled as prison authorities claimed she was ill and unable to come to the court.

No medical report was presented to the in the High Court in Ibadan, where the defendant works as a prosecutor, in support of the claim.

SaharaReporters learnt that the accused…

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Olisa Metuh Locked Up With 419 Bad Boys In Prison

Olisa Metuh Locked Up With 419 Bad Boys In Prison

There are indications that the Peoples Democratic Party spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is being kept in a prison cell where financial scammers and some bad boys who had committed frauds were being held.

Nigerian Prison authorities usually isolate high profile inmates from other criminals who had committed violent offences like armed robbery, murder and other heinous crimes.

The prison officers are…

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Why inmates cannot vote yet — Nigeria Prisons The Nigeria Prisons Service on Wednesday explained why it was difficult for inmates to cast their votes during the general elections, citing the absence of polling units as one of the challenges.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday ended their 63-day-long hunger strike over detentions without charges after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities, a Palestinian official said. Source: Associated Press

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday ended their 63-day-long hunger strike after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities, a Palestinian official said. Source: Associated Press

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Slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son Saadi has asked Libyans for forgiveness in an interview released by prison authorities three weeks after his extradition from neighbouring Niger. The videotaped interview, which was aired by state television late Thursday, was filmed by warders at the capital's Al-Hadba prison, where Saadi and several other Kadhafi regime figures are being held, with the blessing of the chief prosecutor, the broadcaster said. Saadi, who was extradited to face a series of charges including "crimes to keep his father in power" before his overthrow in the NATO-backed uprising of 2011, asked for the "forgiveness of the Libyan people and government." He admitted without elaborating that he had been behind "acts of destabilisation against the country," the same accusation repeatedly levelled against him by the Tripoli authorities in its long campaign for his extradition from Niger. Source: AFP

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Slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son Saadi has asked Libyans for forgiveness in an interview released by prison authorities three weeks after his extradition from neighbouring Niger. The videotaped interview, which was aired by state television late Thursday, was filmed by warders at the capital's Al-Hadba prison, where Saadi and several other Kadhafi regime figures are being held, with the blessing of the chief prosecutor, the broadcaster said. Saadi, who was extradited to face a series of charges including "crimes to keep his father in power" before his overthrow in the NATO-backed uprising of 2011, asked for the "forgiveness of the Libyan people and government." He admitted without elaborating that he had been behind "acts of destabilisation against the country," the same accusation repeatedly levelled against him by the Tripoli authorities in its long campaign for his extradition from Niger. Source: AFP