A total of 109 officers from the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) have received promotions to new ranks. The officers were officially...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the fight between the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service...
A prison warder, Kayode Fatombi assigned to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre in Lagos State, has been arrested. He’s accused of aiding the escape of several inmates...
The report-making round that suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume and Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi escaped during the recent...
Eleven people have been reported dead and seven injured in the invasion of the Jos Medium Security Custodial Centre on Sunday. In a statement on Monday...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (prison) located in Jos, the Plateau State capital has come under attack from gunmen suspected to be bandits. Information gathered by Naija...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has appealed to commanders of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) to defend correctional facilities across the country to the best...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agents prevented a jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison, located around the emir’s palace in Kano State....
Reports emerging at this hour confirmed that at least 38 inmates have escaped from police custody in Enugu State. Naija News learnt that the inmates who...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has given reasons why Nigeria’s correctional facilities are rejecting new suspects sent to them by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)....
Gunmen have attacked a convoy of Nigeria Correctional Service officials near Plateau High Court, Barkin Ladi, freeing six criminal suspects. Naija News understands the convoy was...
In a bid to control the spread of the novel COVID-19 Virus in the North central province, The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has approved the...
Maryam Sanda has not been granted presidential pardon, the Nigeria Correctional Service has clarified, adding that she is still in custody. The service stated this while...
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has held a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Chief Judge of...
Due to the widespread of Coronavirus epidemic in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has consented to let go of some individuals from correctional centres to reduce congestion...
No fewer than 228 inmates have escaped from a medium federal correctional centre in Koton Karfe in Kogi State, north-central Nigeria after some parts of it...