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The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that there are at least 3,590 inmates currently on death row within the country’s custodial facilities. During an interview...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has exercised his prerogative of mercy by granting pardon to thirty-one (31) inmates. The Governor’s act of clemency is said to...
Renowned Yoruba monarch, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his wife, have reportedly facilitated the release of five inmates from the Kuje Custodial Centre...
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced that the Federal Government is set to release 4,068 inmates nationwide in a bid to ease congestion in correctional...
A total of twenty-four prison inmates regained their freedom in Adamawa, Plateau, and Nasarawa states in commemoration of the 63rd Independence Day, reports revealed. Naija News...
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has pardoned no fewer than 80 inmates across various correctional centres in the state. The governor decided to commemorate the...
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has pardoned no fewer than 24 convicts in the state as a parting gift. Bello was elected into office in...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has ordered the release of over four thousand prison inmates in its last eight years of leadership. This was revealed...
A correctional centre truck reportedly conveying prison inmates to the State High Court in Osun State was involved in an accident on Thursday, Naija News learnt....
Hours after the embarrassing attack on the Kuje prison facility on Tuesday night by terrorists, reports emerging claimed that a combined sum of about an N82million...
All Boko Haram terrorists arrested and held in Kuje prison in Abuja escaped during the attack on the facility on Tuesday night. Minister of Defence, Bashir...
At least fourteen prison inmates were released in Bauchi State on Friday on the basis of improper records of their trials, Naija News reports. Speaking after...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the freedom of ninety prison inmates across correctional centres in the state. The governor has also made...
Hausa filmmaker, Mustapha Badamasi, better known as Naburaska in the Kannywood film-making industry, has facilitated the release of 33 prisoners in Kano State. While stating that...
No fewer than 21 prison inmates of Oyo correctional centre will participate in the 2021 National Examination Council, NECO, an official of the State Custodial Centre...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has revealed why 3,906 inmates who escaped from different custodial centres in the country have not been recaptured. Aregebsola said the...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of prioritizing prisoners over serving corps members. Naija News understands that the lamentation came...
No fewer than 31 prisoners have reportedly escaped court verdict as truck conveying them to court was sabotaged by heavily armed men. Naija News learnt that...
Ghanaian Police Force has announced that it arrested some fleeing inmates from Nigeria. Recall that about 3,000 inmates reportedly escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service in...
The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, revealed on Tuesday, April 13 that no fewer than fifteen prisoners will soon become...