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...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command, has issued a firm rebuttal against social media reports alleging the unlawful detention of 15 domestic staff members...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the death of one of its officers identified as Shuaibu King-David in the Kogi State jailbreak. The NCoS Service...
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate confirmation of Prof. Melvin Ayogu’s appointment to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors. The President made...
An independent panel tasked with investigating allegations of corruption and misconduct within the Nigerian Correctional Service has commenced its operations. Uju Agomoh, the panel’s secretary, speaking...
The Acting Controller General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, has outlined a robust reform agenda for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) during a strategic meeting with directorate...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) said on Saturday persons arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in August were not remanded in any of its adult correctional centres...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced that 281 inmates are missing following the evacuation efforts prompted by recent flooding in Maiduguri. Officers, supported by other...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that 3,590 inmates are currently on death row across the country’s custodial centres. Abubakar Umar, the Public Relations Officer...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed the identities of 31 of the inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to release the medical certificate of...
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Friday the Federal has reviewed the recruitment guidelines for four para-military agencies in the country. The minister...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Wednesday, condemned the public brawl engaged in by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officers of the...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, on Monday confirmed the death of an inmate of Kuje Custodial Centre. The NCoS spokesman in...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the release of former Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye and his Taraba State counterpart, Jolly Nyame, from the facility....
Six bodies have been recovered as the dust settles on the invasion of the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State by gunmen on Sunday. Though it...
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that it is conducting a headcount to ascertain the number of inmates that have escaped...
The Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCoS) on Sunday confirmed the attack on the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State. Gunmen had on Sunday afternoon invaded the correctional...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the recapture of 114 inmates that escaped from the Kabba Custodial Centre, Kogi State, on Monday. At least 240...
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday confirmed the escape of four inmates from the Jos Custodial Centre. The Controller-in-Charge of the...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has requested for the assistance of the Nigerian Army to train its armed squad personnel to check invasion of custodial centres...
A riot that broke out at the National Correctional Center, Bauchi, has left five inmates and two officers injured, according to the centre’s spokesman, Mr Abubakar...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed the recapture of 48 inmates that escaped from Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, on Monday. Armed gunmen had in...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Anambra has placed a N200, 000 bounty on one Chidi Nwankwo who was set free by members of his gang...
