Judiciary

38 Abolongo Inmates Freed by Oyo CJ

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By Jeffery Ahonmisi 38 inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service, Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abolongo, Oyo Town, have been granted pardon by the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima. The 38 inmates who received the leniency included those pardoned for stealing, burglary, and Continue Reading

Human Angle

NCS Auto Crash: Kwara Promises Footing Medical Bills of Victims 

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The Kwara State Government has said that it will pay the medical bills of the seven victims of the Nigerian Correctional Service Vehicle accident which occurred at Oja Oba roundabout, Ilorin on Thursday. The government gesture was contained in a statement issued by the state Hospitals Management Board and jointly signed by the Press Secretary […]Continue Reading

News

Nababa Commends Inmates for Graduating with Good Grades

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  The National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, says inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCOS, are among its best-performing students. This was as the institution advocated more opportunities and flexible academic programmes for prison inmates and officials of NCOS. The Coordinator of the NCoS-NOUN Special Study Centre, Controller of Corrections, Francis Continue Reading

Crime

Over 3000 inmates on death row – NCoS

Web News 19 April 2023 262 0

Nigerian Correctional Service says 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row. Public Relations Officer of the service, Abubakar Umar who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja pointed out that death sentences were not always carried out immediately after they were imposed. “There are often long periods of uncertainty for […]Continue Reading

Security

Speed up justice delivery in your states – Aregbesola

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Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola has appealed to state governments to speed up the justice delivery system in their various states. The minister made the appeal in Abuja at the news briefing on the successes recorded by security agencies in the fight against insecurity. Alhaji Aregbesola said the major challenge faced by the Nigerian […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

COVID-19: Makinde Frees 15 Inmates

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has granted State pardon to another set of 15 convicted inmates. Nine (9) inmates were released in Agodi Custodial Centre while the remaining six (6) were set free in Oyo Custodial Centre. While congratulating the pardoned inmates, the Controller of Nigerian Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, Mr. Tosin Akinrujomu […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Examining the Implications of the new Nigerian Correctional Service Act

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President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed into lawthe Nigerian Correctional Service Bill. The act changes the name of the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, to Nigerian Correctional Service. Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang noted that the Nigeria Correctional Service is made up of two faculties, the custodial and non-custodial service. Continue Reading