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...
The Nigerian government has promised to complete ongoing Special Facility Capacity custodial centres in three states of the country before the end of the Muhammadu Buhari...
The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ja’afaru Ahmed has revealed that the sum of N65 million has been generated by the Service in...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has informed that the Federal Government is making moves to decongest prisons in the country. The minister who revealed this...
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pledged to find a lasting solution to prison congestion in Lagos state. The governor on Thursday at the swearing-in of...
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said not less 523 children are currently languishing in different prisons in Anambra State. This was disclosed by the...
By Jude Ndukwe…. Barely 4 weeks after the 2019 general elections for which winners are yet to be sworn in and for which dusts in several...
The Senate on Wednesday, said it was working to break the current Federal Government’s monopoly of ownership, control and management of prisons across various states of...
The Federal Government has announced the re-opening of eight satellite prisons in Bauchi State for the North-East. The prisons were earlier shut, due to the wave...
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,...
