Breaking News: Beatrice Ekweremadu Released from UK Prison, Returns to Nigeria
Breaking news: Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from a UK prison and returned to Nigeria. Read the full story here.
Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, the wife of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, has officially returned to Nigeria following her release from a UK prison. The development was confirmed by a…
Ekweremadu To Stay Longer In UK Prison As Fresh Updates Emerge
Ekweremadu To Stay Longer In UK Prison As Fresh Updates Emerge
The alleged victim in the ongoing organ harvesting scandal, David Ukpo has prayed to the Federal High Court in Abuja for a reversal of its decision to release his bio-data for the trial of the accused, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife Beatrice in a London court.
As reported by The Nation newspaper, the Ukpo through his counsel, Bamidele Igbinedion queried that neither he nor the Attorney…
Rory Stewart has only been the prisons minister for a couple of weeks, but he’s already set himself an ambitious goal.
Following the release of a report on appalling conditions at HMP Liverpool, Stewart said he won’t have been doing his job unless conditions have improved in jails across England and Wales within a year. He replaced Sam Gyimah in Theresa May’s reshuffle – a move which was widely seen as an unexpected demotion from minister of state for the Foreign Office. Stewart has indicated that he plans to be more involved in the way jails are run than previous ministers, and if he keeps his word, he could help to bring about long-term improvements in the prison system.
Why Did Theresa May Move Him?
Before May’s reshuffle, Stewart was minister of state, working across the Foreign Office and Department for International Development. Given his experience as a former governor in Iraq and diplomat in Montenegro, he was considered well-matched to the role, and his appointment as prisons minister left some commentators scratching their heads.
“Rory Stewart one of parliament’s few foreign policy specialists currently writing new government Africa strategy from perch at Dfid, is incarcerated as prisons minister,” said the Guardian’s Patrick Wintour. “Act of spite or idiocy. No third option.”
The Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn said moving Stewart “topped the lot” of all the odd decisions made in the reshuffle.
Read the full article here: https://www.prisonphone.co.uk/new-prisons-minister-rory-stewart-vows-to-improve-jails/
How Can We Break the Cycle of Reoffending in UK Prisons?
How Can We Break the Cycle of Reoffending in UK Prisons?
How Can We Break the Cycle of Reoffending in UK Prisons?
The UK prison system is under considerable pressure at present – and one aspect which is of particular concern is rates of reoffending. Statistics show that close to half of all ex-inmates go on to reoffend within a year of their release. This figure is even higher for juvenile inmates (66%).
Ibori: Former Delta Gov rearrested after release from UK prison
Ibori: Former Delta Gov rearrested after release from UK prison
Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori is rearrested in the UK shortly after being released from a London jail where he was serving a 13-year sentence. Ibori Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately rearrested. Ibori who was jailed 13 years in April 2012 by a Southwark Crown Court…