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Nigeria Correctional Service

January 13, 2025

48,932 inmates awaiting trial in Nigeria: Correctional Service

NCoS acting controller general Sylvester Nwakuche said this during his maiden interactive session with field officers on Monday in Abuja.

PRISON INMATES
December 24, 2024

Customs unveils agenda for service transformation

Mr Nwakuche said the development sets the stage for significant strides in the NCoS’s mission to ensure public safety and effective offender management.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS
December 20, 2024

NCoS boss urges officers to have ‘right attitude’

NCoS boss has called on officers and men of the service to display the right attitude

Sylvester Nwakuche
October 13, 2024

FRSC beats Nigeria Police Force 2-0, clinches paramilitary football tourney

The Sector Commander, FRSC Kaduna Command, Kabir Nadabo, said that in any game there must be a winner and loser.

FRSC
July 31, 2024

Don’t portray us negatively in movies, correctional service cautions film-makers

Mr Lawan-KofarNasarawa said that the warning became necessary as some film-makers now portray the service in negative light.

May 11, 2024

Reps decry low funding, inadequate security at custodial centres; urge states to build modern facilities

Mr Ogah also called for improvement in feeding inmates and recruiting more correctional service personnel.

House of Representatives,
April 28, 2024

Kwara police assure residents of safety amidst jailbreak in Niger

She said that the command is working closely with the relevant agencies to ensure the safety and security of the state.

Police van
April 26, 2024

Suleja Jailbreak: Coalition seeks tight security measures, modernisation of custodial facilities

The coalition said there was an urgent need to examine the root causes of jailbreaks and other related issues bedevilling the country’s custodial facilities.

Suleja jailbreak (Credit: Ministry of interior)
March 9, 2024

Nigeria correctional service graduates 240 officers in Kaduna

Mr Tunju-Ojo urged the officers to always remember that the job of rebuilding Nigeria is everybody’s task.

Hon Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Chairman, House Committee for Niger Delta Development Commission)
January 8, 2024

Guard gets life imprisonment for defiling 13-year-old girl

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a security guard, Olawale Olarewaju, to life imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl.

Nigerian prison