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Correctional Service Clarifies Position In Dispute With Activists Over Ohiri’s Remand

NewsDeskNgMar 2, 2026March 2, 20260

NCoS says officers acted on valid court order, denies forgery claims amid confrontation at court and hospital. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has defended its handling of the remand of Tracynither Nicholas Ohiri, following a confrontation with individuals described as civil society actors at a Magistrate Court in Abuja. In...

FG orders investigation into alleged bribery, corruption in Nigerian prisons

NewsDeskNgSep 25, 2024September 25, 20240

The Federal Government has directed a comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the order in a statement issued on Wednesday by his media aide, Babatunde Alao. Development followed reports that a crossdresser, Idris Okuneye,...

Food Allowance: NCoS CG, Haliru Nababa Quoted Out Of Context- CSO reacts

NewsDeskNgDec 10, 2023December 10, 20230

A civil society group, Network of Concerned Citizens, has reacted to the statement made by the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa on feeding allowance for security dogs and prison inmates. Recall the CG had on Thursday, responding to a question from Oshiomhole during a joint hearing of...

NCoS destroys prohibited items worth over N150m

NewsDeskNgMar 24, 2023March 24, 20230

Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has destroyed seized/confiscated items from various Custodial Centers across the nation worth over One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira, ₦150,000,000 at the National Headquarters, Abuja. According to a press release issued yesterday by the NCoS, National Public Relations Officer, ACC Abubakar Danlami Umar, the prohibited items...

NCoS gets 500m security grant from Bua group

NewsDeskNgJan 7, 2023January 7, 20230

In continued efforts to boost security in the country, the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has received a security sector grant of N500,000,000.00, Five Hundred Million Naria, being offered by the Abdulsamad Rabiu initiative for Africa, ASR Africa, an initiative of the Chairman of Buagroup of Companies, Alhaji Abdulsalam Rabiu as...

3,167 inmates on death row – NCoS

NewsDeskNgDec 16, 2022December 16, 20220

There are 3,167 inmates on death row, spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Assistant Controller of Corrections, Mr Umar Abubakar said in Abuja on Thursday. They comprise 3,105 males and 62 females, he told newsmen. He added that the correctional centres currently have 19,140 male and 339 female convicts. “As...