Tag: Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
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…