The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports of starvation in the country’s custodial centres. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Abubakar Umar, made the clarification...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 correctional centres across Nigeria as part of a broader initiative to modernise the country’s custodial facilities. This...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Interior and the Nigerian Correctional Service to install Solar Powered Biometric Capturing Devices to capture full...
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Thursday the Federal Government would not go back on its resolve to upgrade the nation’s correctional centres. Tunji-Ojo...
The House of Representatives House Committee on Reformatory Institutions has resolved to push ahead with its bill on the establishment of a trust fund to manage...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said states in the country will now shoulder the responsibility of accommodating and feeding prison inmates convicted for state offences. The...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Friday the Federal Government would construct three new correctional centres with 3,000 capacity in the country. Aregbesola, who...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to fleeing inmates of the state’s correctional facilities to return to the centres. Hoodlums on...
