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Children’s Day: Imo to send palliatives to orphanage homes

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2020 0

The Imo state government on Monday, said it would be visiting and donating palliatives to orphanage homes, juveniles in correctional centres and other vulnerable groups on May 26. Commissioner for Gender and Vulnerable Group in Imo state, Mrs. Nkechinyere Ugwu, disclosed this at a news

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Eid-el Fitr: Ganduje frees 294 correctional centres inmates

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has granted freedom to 294 inmates of correctional centres in the state, a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, said on Sunday. It said that Ganduje witnessed the release of the inmates from the correctional centre at Goron Dutse on Sunday, and quoted him as declaring […]

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Niger chief judge frowns at number of awaiting trial inmates

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2020 0

The Chief Judge of Niger state, Justice Aliyu Mayaki, has frowned at the figure of 2,006 awaiting trial inmates at the correctional centres in the state due to lack of synergy between the ministry of justice and police. He expressed his displeasure on Monday when he visited the Old Correctional Centre, Minna for his annual […]

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Decongesting Nigeria’s Correctional facilities

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

To say that the decongestion of Nigerian Correctional facilities is intractable is to state the obvious. Since late 90s when the problem of overcrowding surfaced in the country prisons, efforts by various committees and successive ministers of Interior and Attorney Generals of the Federation toward decongesting the prisons are yet to yield the desire result. […]