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Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law. The Act repeals the Nigerian Prisons Service Act. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondent in Abuja on Read More …
Men of Edo State Police command have foiled an attempt by some suspects to bomb Oko Prison in Benin with Improvised Explosive Device, IED, in their bid to set free some kidnappers held in the prison. The State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Abubakar, who confirmed Read More …
Tunji Bosun, Abeokuta A 48-year-old man, Derrick Addai, has been released from prison in Ogun State after spending 14 years in custody due to an alleged typographical error on the list of pardoned inmates. Our correspondent gathered that it took the intervention of the Osile Read More …
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of tenure of office of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Mr.Ja’afaru Ahmed, by one year. The extension of tenure takes effect from July, 21. The announcement was made in a statement yesterday by the Director Read More …
Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi A total of 2, 444 inmates at the Ikoyi Prison are currently awaiting trial of different cases, the Deputy Controller of Prison and officer in charge of Ikoyi Prison, DCP Ogunshakin Ajiboye, has disclosed. Ajiboye added that a total number of inmates Read More …
Scene of the incident The usual traffic around Toyota bus-stop on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway created an unexpected stir that attracted crowd to the scene when one of the two trucks of the Nigerian Prison Service conveying inmates to Kirikiri prisons broke down in the middle Read More …
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Prisons Service and the Federal Fire Service to employ 9,675 Nigerians. While the prisons will employ 7,475, the fire service will recruit 2,200 new workers. The two agencies were directed to carry out the employment Read More …
Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau has said the Federal Government has come up with plans of building modern prisons across the country. In an event held on Saturday in Abuja, the Minister said: “most of our prisons, particularly those situated in urban centres are more Read More …
Five condemned persons who have been convicted to be stoned to death while another 10 whose legs and hands are to be amputated are said to be languishing in Bauchi prison presently. This disclosure was made by the Controller of prison, Bauchi State Command, Suleiman Read More …
Tony Okafor, Awka No fewer than 523 children are detained in various prisons in Anambra State, the National Human Rights Commission has said. The Anambra State coordinator of the NHRC, Mrs Nkechi Ugwuanyi, stated this at the Onitsha Prisons during an interface with some juvenile Read More …