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  • Accordingly, George is now incarcerated in Lagos's notorious Kirikiri prison.

    Amb. John Campbell: Nigeria: Progress Toward the Rule of Law? 2009

  • Most of those who died in the Ikoyi and Kirikiri prisons succumb to tuberculosis and malnutrition, the paper said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Here we remained till the flood-tide set in strong, when, again hoisting our sail, we arrived at the Kirikiri about sunset.

    A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

  • When we started from the Kirikiri each was armed with a musket; but when we had accomplished about half the journey, they concealed these in a hollow tree, under pretence of extreme fatigue.

    A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

  • He also proposed, as he himself was going to the Kirikiri, and thence to a village in the interior, to meet a large assemblage of chiefs, in order to talk over the late tragical events, that I should journey the first part of my way with him, in his own canoe.

    A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Augustus Earle

  • One woman who lost her home and a 5O-year-old family-owned dress shop to the tsunami was Hiromi Uchikanezaki, 53, of Kirikiri village in Iwate prefecture.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • One woman who lost her home and a 5O-year-old family-owned dress shop to the tsunami was Hiromi Uchikanezaki, 53, of Kirikiri village in Iwate prefecture.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • One woman who lost her home and a 5O-year-old family-owned dress shop to the tsunami was Hiromi Uchikanezaki, 53, of Kirikiri village in Iwate prefecture.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Continuing north to Otsuchi, Kirikiri, and Namatakaigan, the same scene was repeated.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Nigerian authorities still view Al-Mustapha as a security threat, holding him in Lagos' maximum-security Kirikiri prison.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By JON GAMBRELL 2011

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