Bauchi State Government has spent the sum of N20 million to secure freedom for 96 convicts from across the Correctional Centres in the state. The amount,...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the release of 14 inmates in correctional centres in the state. The Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service...
Spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS), Abubakar Umar, has revealed that there are 3,413 inmates on death row across the prisons nationwide. Umar who disclosed...
In a bid to continue with the nationwide decongestion of prisons in the country, the Federal Government on Monday, paid fines and compensations put at N52...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago has pardoned 80 inmates in various correctional centres in the state to mark the 2023 June 12 Democracy Day. Governor Bago also approved...
The Adamawa State police Command has announced the arrest of two inmates who escaped from the Kuje Prison during an attack on the Correctional Centre in...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said states in the country will now shoulder the responsibility of accommodating and feeding prison inmates convicted for state offences. The...
There was anxiety in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, on Thursday, after two people were hurt when a truck carrying prisoners to the State High...
The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has pardoned 46 inmates in the state. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Junaidu Attahiru, who confirmed the...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the release of 104 inmates from various correctional facilities in the state. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for...
The Chief Judge of Katsina State, Justice Musa Abubakar, on Thursday, reviewed the sentences of some aged inmates, especially those with health challenges. In his visit...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Tuesday, pardoned 136 inmates as part of measures to decongest the correctional centres in the state. The Chief Press...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday, said 37 of its inmates were admitted and matriculated into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). This was...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday granted pardon to 123 prison inmates in the state. Ganduje, who witnessed the release of the inmates from Goron...
The Nigerian Correctional Services has released the profiles of escapees from the Owerri facility in Imo State. This publication was issued via its Twitter handle on...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has reported that five prison inmates and two officials of the service in Bauchi State have been injured following a riot...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said on Monday at least 1,844 inmates escaped from the Owerri custodial centre, Imo State, following attack on the facility by...
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday revealed that 4,000 inmates had been released so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme to decongest custodial...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday explained why the Federal Government released 4,000 inmates serving different jail terms in correctional facilities across the country....
The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday granted pardon to 12 inmates of the state’s correctional facilities. The Special Adviser on Media and Communications to...
Police on Monday confirmed the re-arrest of four inmates who escaped from the Oko Correctional Centre in Edo State last month. The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba,...
The Nigerian Correctional Service said on Wednesday it had commenced the admission of inmates into custodial centres in 28 states of the federation, including the Federal...
The Police in South Africa have launched an extensive manhunt for an unspecified number of prisoners who escaped from a prison in Malmesbury, near the bustling...
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday 51 health workers had so far tested positive for...
The Nigerian Correctional Service said Thursday said at least 3,751 inmates of correctional facilities had been released in compliance with the presidential directive on the decongestion...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, granted pardon to 72 inmates of the Kaduna and Kafanchan Correctional Centres as part of government’s efforts at checking...
Inmates of Medium Custodial Centre in Kaduna went on the rampage on Tuesday over a rumoured presence of a suspected coronavirus case at the facility. The...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) on Tuesday said 25 of the 122 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Koton Karfe, Kogi State, have...
Three prison guards and 29 inmates have been killed in a prison in Tajikistan after convicted ISIS militants started a riot. This comes after the terror...
Sporadic gunfire caused pandemonium at Kuje Prison, Abuja, on Monday, following a riot by some inmates, who resisted the attempt by prison officials to search their...
The Police in Ebonyi state this morning foiled an attempted jailbreak as Abakaliki prison inmates staged a riot inside the prison. As at press time, Police...
Enugu State Controller of Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Isaiah Amariri, said on Thursday that it has re-arrested six of the inmates that escaped from Nsukka Prisons...
The officer in charge of Kuje Medium Prisons, Musa Tanko, has been removed and redeployed over last Fridays escape of two awaiting trial murder suspects. Tanko,...
A jail break at the Calabar Prison, Cross River State was foiled as some inmates Friday gained entry into the armory, and attempted to escape after...
