Prisons

The Federal Government has dismissed 15 officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for serious misconduct and breaches of Service regulations, while sanctioning 216 others. This…

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to restructuring all Custodial Centres across the country towards national security . The Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr.…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that no fewer than 3,298 inmates in prisons across the country are on death row. Its spokesman, Abubakar Umar, who stated this on…

Abubakar Mohammed Sani, a serving Deputy Comptroller of Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Hadiza Sabi’u…

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has granted pardon to 17 inmates in the Sokoto Central Custodial Centre. Muhammad Bello,Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor…

AS part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has directed all Chief Judges at the federal and state…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, called for urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases and decongestion of custodial centres in the country in the Covid19 pandemic. In a…