Tag: Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
Why we’re still keeping Abba Kyari in custody – NCoS
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had also clarified that its substantive drug trafficking case against Abba Kyari, remains…
Two women caught while attempting to smuggle drug into Kano prison
the suspects had been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation and necessary legal…
‘How 7 inmates escaped from prison in Osun’
In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, the Service’s spokesman, Abubakar Umar, said the NCoS Controller General, Sylvester Nwakuche, has…
Tinubu appoints Sylvester Nwakuche as Ag. NCoS CG
Tinubu charged Nwakuche to bring his wealth of experience to bear in his new capacity and ensuring the continued transformation…
Bobrisky: NCoS board suspends two top officials of Kiri-kiri prison
The officers were identified as Michael Anugwa, Deputy-Controller of corrections, in-charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos, and…
NCoS dismisses 3 officers, sanctions others
Also, a total of three personnel were compulsorily retired, six personnel had their ranks reduced, while 13 personnel attracted either…
‘69% of inmates in Nigerian prisons awaiting trial, 3,413 on death row’
NCOs said that the service was working towards checking the trend by ensuring a speedy trial of suspects.
Terrorism: Interior Minister orders investigation of correctional officers
The minister ordered for the investigation while reacting to comments by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa,…
NCoS: 3,298 inmates awaiting hangman’s noose across Nigeria
According to NCoS, the last execution of death row inmate in Nigeria was carried out in 2016 in Edo State
How Buhari’s foresight gave NCoS a new face
President Muhammadu Buhari changed the name of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) to Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) after signing the…
NCoS inaugurates 11-member parole board
Some of the members include the NCoS Controller in the state, representatives of the Police, the Ministry of Justice, the…
Jail break: Guns not for antelopes, but for criminals, shoot invaders dead, FG orders prison officials
The minister warned against posting of lily-livered personnel to custodial facilities, saying only sharp shooters who were trained to aim…
NCoS officer arrested over missing rifles, ammunition
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Kogi State Command, has ordered the immediate arrest of an officer over alleged complicity in…
NCoS beefs up security in custodial centres in Enugu
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Enugu State Command, has beefed up security in its Enugu, Nsukka and Oji-River custodial centres…
Akwa Ibom CP orders maximum security at correctional centres
Macdon added that Mr Durosinmi enjoined citizens of Akwa Ibom to go about their normal duties and report any suspicious…
Kuje Jailbreak: NCoS says inmates’ money intact, not stolen
Some media houses had alleged that personnel at the Kuje Custodial Centre could not account for the sums of N82…
Abba Kyari safe in Kuje prison, no threat to his life: NCoS
It was necessary to address the issue following a publication by an online media organisation alleging Kyari was attacked by…
NCoS speaks on Chidinma Ojukwu’s emergence as prison’s beauty queen
Enobore stated that the NCoS identified with the Atagas in their moment of grief and would do everything within its…
“Indian hemp in prison:” NCoS issues statement
Chukwuemeka, however, confirmed that staff at the Enugu Custodial Centre Osmond Ifeoma was caught in an attempt to smuggle illegal…
NCoS issues scam alert
The spokesman said that some unscrupulous elements had opened a ‘recruitment’ portal codenamed ‘NCoS 2023 Recruitment Exercise’ and were charging…
No ban on religious activities for inmates – NCoS
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said it had not banned religious activities of inmates in custodial centres across the…
FEC approves N965.9m for NCoS vehicles
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N965.9 million for the purchase of 49 operational vehicles for…
21 escaped Jos Prison inmates rearrested
Gunmen invaded the custodial centre on Nov. 28, killed a personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) and nine inmates,…
Have you seen them? NCoS releases photos of Jos escaped prisoners
The photos have been uploaded on the agency's Facebook account, with a promise to upload more. But the agency is…
NCoS conducts headcount of Jos Custodial inmates
Gunmen invaded the prison on Sunday evening but were vehemently resisted by the combined security agencies in the state.
FG orders vulnerability audit of all correctional centres
The Federal Government has inaugurated a vulnerability audit of the Nigerian Correctional Service’s (NCoS) custodial centres across the country.
Fact: Out of 68,747 inmates in Nigeria; 67,422 are males
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has commissioned the Osun State Command office complex of the Nigerian Correctional Service,…
Aregbesola tasks NCoS officers on securing custodial centres
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged officers and men of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to be more…
#EndSARS: 1,993 inmates escaped, weapons looted in Edo jailbreaks – Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Interior said 1,993 inmates escaped when the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCOs custodial centres in Benin…
Benin jailbreaks: NCoS seeks information to recapture fleeing inmates
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Correctional Service has asked Nigerians to provide it with useful information that can lead to the…