For long, so much has been said about the deplorable state of prisons in Nigeria, particularly the adverse health implications on inmates due to congestion. And successive governments have been accused of negligence instead of proffering lasting solution to this problem.

This is certainly not the best of times for the Bournes’ family which is currently mourning following the alleged killing of Olayinde Bournes’, by her boyfriend,last Thursday, in Aguda Ogba area of Lagos.

*Survivors moved to Abuja …*Security agencies on the trail of kidnappers
Within 24hours, they claimed responsibility. Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladissudan, Ansaru, for short, which translates as Vanguards for the protection of muslims in black Africa, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven expatriates in Bauchi State. It was another sordid chapter in the unfolding confrontation between Islamist insurgents and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

LAST Sunday, we broke the story of a physically challenged barber, who allegedly abducted his mother, Mrs. Kate Emienor, in Edo State and demanded N20 million ransom from members of his family for her release.

Policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa division have arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his brother, a Merchant Navy to death while he was asleep.