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Prisoners make riots over ban of Porn in Prison

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Porn and prison don't quite go hand in hand. At least that's how the Connecticut Department of Correction feels, as they announced a ban on pornography beginning next summer. The department

Man gets 6 months jail term for having sex with a Goat

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A middle-aged man, Nasiru Ishaku, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to a six-month jail by a Bauchi chief magistrates’ court, for having sexual intercourse with a she-goat. Ishaku, who resides at Nassarawa quarters of Bauchi metroplis, was charged before chief magistrate, Isa Mohammed, by the police, for committing unnatural offence and mischief, by maiming an animal, which the police prosecutor, Abdul Ishaku, said was contrary to sections 284 and 330 of the Penal Code Laws. The she-goat, according to the police prosecutor, belonged to one Mallam Bala of Federal Low Cost

Man sent to Kirikiri prison for touching woman's breast

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A man, Micah Monday, has been charged to Apapa magistrate’s court Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly fondling a pregnant woman’s breasts. He has now been remanded in Kirikiri Prison Apapa, Lagos because he could not meet the bail conditions. The 30-year old Monday was alleged to have fondled Mrs Helen Tamukunu’s breasts in his workshop without her consent. The incident happened at Igbologun area of Snake Island, Lagos. P.M.NEWS gathered that the bitter woman engaged the services of Monday to work for her and she paid him in advance. But Monday allegedly did not do the work as he promised. When Helen went to Monday’s shop to know why he did not do the job as he promised. Instead of explaining to the woman what happened, he began to tease her. He reportedly told her how he loves her. Monday thought that he had convinced her and he started fondling her breasts. Shocked by Monday’s action, she attempted to remove his hand from her breasts and her bra got torn in...

Nigeria Prison dogs gets N3,000 daily allowance

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Most Nigerians are familiar with the fact that the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has resuscitated its hitherto abandoned dog patrol team to enhance effective control and stability of inmates. The measure is aimed at tackling the growing incident of jailbreak in prisons nationwide. Perhaps, the most interesting aspect of the dog patrol story is that the dogs in the kennel of the (NPS) may be more esteemed than the prisoners they watch over, and to some extent, the jailors themselves.  That is the only way to explain the controversy over the feeding allowance given to the dog, vis-à-vis that of a prisoner. There are stories that NPS officials have placed each of the patrol dogs on an allowance of N3, 000 per day. Although the authorities have said only  N800 is spent on the head of each dog per day, the amount still makes the dogs better off than a prisoner who subsists on N200 feeding provision per day. The Controller-General of Prisons (CGP), Olusola Ogund...