Tag: Nigerian Prisons Service

President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law on August 14, 11 years after it was presented ...

Mr Buhari had previously declined to sign the bill in April after lawmakers first passed and sent it to him

The bill changes the name of the Nigeria Prisons Service to Nigeria Correctional Service.

President Buhari signed two bills into law.

Exposing inmates to hard drugs is an anathema to the reformation goal of the Prisons Service.

A spokesperson claims Nigerians are using the wrong word.

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

“Most of them were arrested on minor offences.”

The postings were to address some administrative gaps.

No one was injured in the fire.

Prisons Comptroller General enjoins beneficiaries to justify the confidence reposed in them.

Detainees say there were indiscriminate gunshots and prolonged pandemonium while riot lasted.

The postings were made Monday.

Prison authorities however admit there was an "incident" at the prison on Friday night.

The prisons service denies a U.S. report accusing its personnel of raping female inmates.

Prisons sources claimed warders were sighted removing Mr. Okah’s body Wednesday.

The comptroller of prison in the state said the facility is congested.

Justice Bello frees a retired police officer sentenced to life imprisonment for culpable homicide.

Mr. Ekpendu has also ordered the immediate transfer of 55 officers and personnel of the zonal and the Niger State ...

No prisoner escaped, the NPS said.

The police officer was dismissed from the force. An ex-police officer from the Delta State Police Command, James Bekem, and ...

Nigeria’s notorious jails and detention centres hold an estimated 6,000 children and minors, many of whom were born there and ...

The Nigerian Police said it recovered about 220 drums of petrol, valued at N5.3 million, from the fishermen. A Federal ...