Tag: Nigeria Prisons Service

Ja’afaru Ahmed's tenure as prisons chief was to end on July 21 but has now been extended by a year.

The interior ministry has abolished the dichotomy between degree and HND holders.

The interior ministry has abolished the dichotomy between degree and HND holders.

The arms and ammunition will be purchased at the cost of N272 million with a delivery period of 120 days.

Over 200 inmates escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3 during an attack on the facility by ...

The hoodlums, armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons, attempted to set free the inmates.

The officials were dismissed for various offences including “trafficking in Indian hemp.”

The prisoners escaped at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, an official said.

Africa’s most populous nation handed down 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year.

As at Aug. 19, the prison has 600 inmates with only 113 convicted and serving full prison sentences.

The wardress was accused of trafficking.

The prison service says the necessary logistics have not been put in place.

A yet to be confirmed number of inmates were set free.  Ola' Audu Scores of inmates may have been freed ...