The Nigerian Correctional Service, Yobe State command, has declared a convicted inmate wanted after he fled the scene of a road crash while being transported from Potiskum to Damaturu. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi…
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Kano State Command, in collaboration with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, has secured the release of an inmate who spent 22 years in custody over a robbery case. This is contained in a…
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The National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS) says the total inmate population rose from 69,946 in 2017 to 81,710 in Q2 2025. The NBS said this in its Nigerian Correctional Service Statistics for 2017 to Q2 2025, released on Wednesday in Abuja.…
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A condemned inmate, Abba Hassan, has escaped from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Potiskum, Yobe State, in the early hours of Friday, October 31, 2025. The spokesperson of the Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said in…
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Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda,  on Friday night approved the immediate suspension of key officials of the Katsina State Reformatory Centre, Babbar Ruga, following the report of the committee mandated to investigate the allegations of…
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has suspended two of its personnel following a recent incident involving a convicted inmate allegedly attempting to process an international passport while in custody. This is contained in a…
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A 31-year-old prison officer, Linda De Sousa Abreu, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for engaging in sexual activity with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth in London. The incident, which was filmed by another prisoner, occurred on…
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A female inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, Okike Chinyere, has emerged as the best graduating student of the Peace and Conflict Resolution department, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). She bagged…
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The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the suspension of 3 officers and 6 other ranks of the Nigerian Correctional Service implicated in the alleged internet fraud suspected to have been…
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The Nigerian Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has disclosed the Awaiting Trial Female (ATF) inmate of the Afokang Prison in Calabar (name withheld), who was delivered of twin on April 17, has died. A statement by the Public…
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