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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has submitted that Nigeria has witnessed more jailbreaks since the name of the Nigerian Prison Service was changed to Nigerian Correctional Service....
A security breach occurred at the Suleja Correctional Facility in Niger State on Wednesday night when several inmates escaped during a heavy downpour. The rainfall, which...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). He is Ahmed Abubakar Audi and he replaces the...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said a committee has been set up to see how the prisons in Nigeria can be decongested in six months....
Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, went undercover to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system and spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police...
The Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) will conduct interviews for shortlisted candidates who applied to be recruited into the service from March 18th to March 23rd. A...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the purchase of 400 Beretta assault rifles with 20,000 rounds of ammunition for officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service....
Six prison officers who prevented the escape of two inmates of the Enugu Maximum Security Prisons on May 5, have been commended by the Controller General...
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) have been awarded with the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, as a result of its education for prisoners programme being...
Governor Ambode Donates Vehicles For Nigeria Prisons Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has donated vehicles and other equipment to the Nigerian Prison Services in Lagos....
With the disheartening fact that 70 per cent of inmates in the state are awaiting trial, the governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has expressed his...
They Were Apprehended For Other Crimes Like Conspiracy Mr Collins Ugwu, a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons in the Nigeria Prisons Service, has been apprehended by the...
30 Escaped Prisoners Rearrested Thirty inmates who escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on Sunday night have been recaptured, following combined efforts of Nigerian Prison...
A total of 35 inmates of the Ikoyi Prison School, Lagos, is participating in the ongoing January/February West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private...
-Prisoners stage successful jail break in Akwa Ibom state. -4 of the inmates lost their lives in the process, 36 escaped while 7 of the prisoners...
Some groups have recently raised allegations that food meant for inmates was being diverted to personal use by prison workers in Plateau State, claiming that such...