Nigerian Correctional Service

The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the ‘Need to investigate the Nigerian Correctional Service’, sponsored by the Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, who decried the well-being of inmates despite the approval of…

The House of Representatives Committee on Reformatory Institutions has vowed to ensure the full implementation of the Nation's Correctional Act 2019, so as to ensure that the objectives of Nigerian Correctional Services are actualised.…

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos ordered that five men, who allegedly stabbed Moradeun Balogun on her way from work at NCIE bus stop, Gbagada, be remanded in a correctional facility.The police charged David Obi, 24;…

More than 2,745 inmates are on death row in Custodian Centres across the country, the Nigerian Correctional Service has said.The Service has also disclosed that not less than 52,000 inmates are awaiting trial out of the about 76, 000…

Newly recruited officers and men of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Bauchi State Command have been urged to uphold discipline and be professional in discharging their duties.The call was made by the Controller of Corrections, Bauchi…

The Federal Government has disclosed that 25 fleeing inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Koton Karfe, Kogi State, have been recaptured with the security agencies on the trail of the 97 escapees still at large.Public…