Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday marked his 60th birthday, choosing to celebrate with humanitarian gestures that touched the lives of prison inmates and displaced persons rather than a lavish party. From paying examination fees for 100 correctional inmates to securing the release of nine others and donating food and cash […]
By Andrew Orolua A Federal Government visitation panel on Nigeria’s prisons across the country has said that the conditions of the prisons and their inmates are still terrible and unbearable. The visitation panel headed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Olawale Fapohunda revealed that most inmates are languishing in prisons due to lack of […]
By Ukpono Ukpong More fleeing inmates who escaped from the Suleja Custodial Centre, last month following the collapse of its perimeter fence during a heavy downpour, have been recaptured. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja while inspecting the ongoing security projects at the Medium Security Custodial facility in Kuje, […]
By Ukpono Ukpong No fewer than 4068 inmates in all the custodial centres across the country were freed yesterday in a bid to decongest the custodial centres in the country. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, while flagging off payment of fines and compensations for inmates held on accounts of their inability to pay their […]
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it is conducting a headcount to ascertain the number of inmates that have escaped from the Jos Correctional centre, following an attack on the facility by gunmen on Sunday. ASC Geofrey Longdiem, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, disclosed this to the News […]
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 […]
Nineteen inmates awaiting trial at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital have regained their freedom. This inmates we’re freed during a visit to the centre by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Philibus Andetur on Tuesday. While performing the exercise that gave rise to freeing the 19 inmates, Justice […]
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger state has granted unconditional pardon to 46 inmates spread across various correctional centres in the state. This is contained in statement issued on Sunday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Nasara Dan-Mallam. Dan-Mallam, who is also the chairman of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, said […]
The Edo Government has donated relief items to the Nigerian Correctional Service in the state for inmates in custody. The Edo Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSC Aminu Suleman, made this known in a statement in Benin on Tuesday. Some quotes from Buhari’s speech He described the donation by the government as an unprecedented demonstration […]
The Jigawa Government has facilitated the release of 74 inmates from various correctional centres in the state. Gov. Muhammad Badaru disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse on Thursday. Nigerian Army distributes preventive kits Badaru said the gesture was to decongest the facilities in order to ensure social distancing among the inmates in view of the […]
Abuja – The Federal Government has began implementing the 2020 Presidential Pardon and Clemency to Inmates and ex-convicts with the view to decongesting the correctional centers across the country. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami activated the process at the kuje Correctional Centre on Thursday in Abuja. Malami, also the Minister of Justice, […]
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has granted pardon to 13 inmates in the Akwa Ibom Correctional Centre. Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, disclosed this after the facility tour of the centre and attending to their case files in Uyo on Monday. U.S. could start buying crude for Strategic Petroleum Reserve […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has commenced the manufacturing of drugs in order to meet the health demands of inmates across the country. The Controller General, NCoS, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, said this during the inauguration of the service 2020 drugs distribution programme to various Custodial Centres across the 37 commands on Monday in Abuja. He […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one setting free six inmates at different prisons. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment. The two Orders – Executive Commutation of Death Sentence Order and […]
By Ukpono Ukpong, AbujaThe Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have urged State Governors to either approve the execution or commute those on death row to life imprisonment, just as it disclosed that no fewer than 2,745 condemned inmates are awaiting execution. Addressing journalist during a tour round the Service Farm Centre in Dukpa, Gwagwalada Area Council […]
No fewer than four inmates sustained various degrees of injury from warders at the Eket Correctional Centre as they protested the alleged killing of their colleague on Saturday night. It was gathered that trouble started at the correctional centre in Eket, when a warder physically assaulted an inmate leading to the death of the inmate. […]
Abuja – The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday disclosed that there are 75, 000 inmates currently in the country’s correctional facilities. Aregbesola made the disclosure at a public hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation. The minister said that the Federal Government was working on de-congesting correctional centres across Nigeria […]
The Kaduna State Police Command has raided another rehabilitation centre in Kaduna, where 147 inmates mostly in shackles were found. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo confirmed the raid in a press statement issued on Saturday in KadunaHe said that the police raided NIGAS Rehabilitation and Skills Acquisition Centre located at Rigasa in […]
The Nigeria Prisons Service in Niger says 51 inmates out of the 210 inmates that escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3, had had been recaptured. The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr Mustapha Iliyasu, made this known in an interview with journalists in Minna on Wednesday. Iliyasu said that the […]
The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, Monday said over 70 percent of inmates in Nigerian prisons are awaiting trials. Dambazau who disclosed this in Abakaliki while inspecting the new prisons being constructed by the Ebonyi state government, said the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), was working hard to ensuring that prisons are decongested across […]