Nigerian Correctional Service

Crime

Bobrisky: Nigerian government suspends prison chiefs

FOLLOWING viral reports on allegation that popular cross-dresser, Idris Okeneye, widely known as Bobrisky, bribed prison officers and their...
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Crime

FG raises N585m to free prisoners

THE Federal Government has raised N585 million to settle fines for inmates languishing in various correctional centres nationwide. The Minister...
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News

Anti-Tinubu protester, Uja denied bail

A MAGISTRATE Court sitting in Zuba, Abuja on Tuesday, April 11, refused to grant bail to a passenger, Obiajulu...
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Crime

Nigeria ranks 27th among countries with highest number of prisoners

NIGERIA, with 74,059 inmates, is currently the 27th country with the highest number of prisoners globally. According to World Prison Brief (WPB),...
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Conflict and Security

Kuje Prison attack: 879 inmates escape, five persons die – NCoS

THE Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that 879 inmates escaped from the Kuje Prison after gunmen attacked the...
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Prison break: Aregbesola orders recapture of fleeing inmates

MINISTER of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has directed the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to go after fleeing inmates and ensure...
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