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Binance Executive Denied Bail in Nigeria Money Laundering Case
Tigran Gambaryan, an American citizen, has been in detention in Nigeria since the end of February. He and Binance deny the charges against him. He had asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to free him on medical grounds, arguing that he needed to undergo surgery outside prison and that his health was deteriorating.
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Over 100 Inmates Escape After Rain Damages Nigerian Prison
At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said.
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Activist Approaches Rights Body Over Nigerian's Custodial Death In Odisha
A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.
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Nigeria Seeks Release Of 12 Nationals From Meghalaya Jails For Illegally Crossing Border
A Nigerian High Commission representative has met Meghalaya Prison Minister AL Hek and sought his intervention for the release of 12 nationals arrested for illegally crossing into India from Bangladesh.
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Nigerian Fraudster Pulls Off $1 Million Heist From Max Security Prison
A convicted Internet fraudster is being investigated in Nigeria for allegedly pulling off a $1 million heist from inside a maximum security.
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Over 100 Inmates Escape From Prison As Torrential Rains Lash Nigeria
Torrential rains in central Nigerian Kogi State allowed more than a hundred inmates to escape from prison, a spokesman for the country's prison service said on Tuesday.
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United Nations Welcomes Chibok Girls' Release, Urges All Be Freed
The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls in a prisoner swap after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity and urged others be freed.
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Nigeria Mulls Boko Haram Prisoner Amnesty in Return for Chibok Girls
President Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Wednesday that Nigerian authorities were talking to Boko Haram prisoners in their custody and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last year.
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They Asked for Rs 200 Crores for Releasing My Father, Says Daughter of Sailor Held In Nigeria
She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Amnesty International Says Nigerian Military Responsible for Deaths of 8,000 Prisoners
More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.
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Prison Break Frees 200 Inmates in Central Nigeria
Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said.
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Chad Says Nigeria Deal With Boko Haram to Free Girls is Still on
Chad said it believed Nigeria's secret deal with Boko Haram Islamists to free over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls would go ahead despite the breakdown of a truce, and revealed the key to the agreement was a prisoner swap.
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High Court orders probe into alleged prison assault
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (prisons) to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged 'severe' assault of three under trial Nigerian nationals at Puzhal Central Prison by jail wardens on March 14. "When prisoners have sustained injuries and when they have claimed the injuries had been caused ...
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Binance Executive Denied Bail in Nigeria Money Laundering Case
Tigran Gambaryan, an American citizen, has been in detention in Nigeria since the end of February. He and Binance deny the charges against him. He had asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to free him on medical grounds, arguing that he needed to undergo surgery outside prison and that his health was deteriorating.
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Over 100 Inmates Escape After Rain Damages Nigerian Prison
At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said.
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Activist Approaches Rights Body Over Nigerian's Custodial Death In Odisha
A human rights activist has moved the NHRC seeking its intervention into the custodial death of a Nigerian under-trial prisoner in Odisha, alleging medical negligence and denial of legal aid, besides disrespect to the body.
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Nigeria Seeks Release Of 12 Nationals From Meghalaya Jails For Illegally Crossing Border
A Nigerian High Commission representative has met Meghalaya Prison Minister AL Hek and sought his intervention for the release of 12 nationals arrested for illegally crossing into India from Bangladesh.
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Nigerian Fraudster Pulls Off $1 Million Heist From Max Security Prison
A convicted Internet fraudster is being investigated in Nigeria for allegedly pulling off a $1 million heist from inside a maximum security.
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Over 100 Inmates Escape From Prison As Torrential Rains Lash Nigeria
Torrential rains in central Nigerian Kogi State allowed more than a hundred inmates to escape from prison, a spokesman for the country's prison service said on Tuesday.
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United Nations Welcomes Chibok Girls' Release, Urges All Be Freed
The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls in a prisoner swap after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity and urged others be freed.
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Nigeria Mulls Boko Haram Prisoner Amnesty in Return for Chibok Girls
President Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Wednesday that Nigerian authorities were talking to Boko Haram prisoners in their custody and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last year.
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They Asked for Rs 200 Crores for Releasing My Father, Says Daughter of Sailor Held In Nigeria
She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Amnesty International Says Nigerian Military Responsible for Deaths of 8,000 Prisoners
More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.
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Prison Break Frees 200 Inmates in Central Nigeria
Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said.
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Chad Says Nigeria Deal With Boko Haram to Free Girls is Still on
Chad said it believed Nigeria's secret deal with Boko Haram Islamists to free over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls would go ahead despite the breakdown of a truce, and revealed the key to the agreement was a prisoner swap.
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High Court orders probe into alleged prison assault
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (prisons) to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged 'severe' assault of three under trial Nigerian nationals at Puzhal Central Prison by jail wardens on March 14. "When prisoners have sustained injuries and when they have claimed the injuries had been caused ...
