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Inmates Can Now Enroll For NIN As NIMC Grants Licence To NCoS

January 15, 2025 editor

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has granted licence for the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, to register inmates in the 256 Custodial centres across the […]

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53,836 Inmates Awaiting Trial In 253 Correction Centres Nationwide- Official

December 21, 2023 editor

The Nigerian Correctional Service said 53, 836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres nationwide are awaiting trial as of December 18. The spokesperson for the […]

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Senate: Inmates Starving, Emaciated Due To Low Budget For Correctional Service

December 8, 2023 editor

The Senate has threatened to step down consideration on the 2024 budget of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over insufficient information on inmates’ feeding. The […]

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127,031 Inmates In Philippines Prisons With Capacity For 46,702 Prisoners

June 22, 2023 editor

Report on Thursday about the jails across the Philippines says the prisons are heavily congested. A recent government report noted that around 67 per cent […]

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FG: 90% Of Prison Inmates Nationwide Are State Offenders

May 11, 2023 editor

The federal government has lamented the large number of inmates in prisons across Nigeria, saying that over 90 per cent of those jailed are due […]

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FG Spending N22 Billion To Feed 75,507 Prison Inmates Nationwide- Official

May 11, 2023 editor

President Muhammadu Buhari is spending N22.44 billion in 2023 on feeding 75,507 inmates in prisons nationwide. An official disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. The […]

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Aregbesola Seeks Release Of 30% Of Prison Inmates, As 51,541 Are On Awaiting Trial

October 9, 2022 editor

Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior, says 30 percent of inmates in custodial centres across the country should be released. The minister said he will […]

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Sign Death Warrants of Condemned Inmates To Decongest Prisons, Aregbesola Tells Govs

July 25, 2021 editor

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, has asked state governors to sign the death warrants of “condemned criminals” that “are not mounting any challenge to their […]

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Police Rescue 15 Chained Inmates From Lagos Prayer House

November 1, 2019 editor

The Lagos state police command says it has rescued 15 inmates from an “illegal” prayer house at Ijegun Isheri area of the state. Bala Elkana, […]

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‘228’ Inmates Escape As Flood Hits Prison In Kogi

October 29, 2019 editor

Two hundred and twenty-eight inmates have escaped from a medium federal correctional centre in Koton Karfe in Kogi after some parts of it collapsed owing […]

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