Prison Decongestion

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician. Before his appointment as minister of interior by President Bola Tinubu, he served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Akoko North…
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The Controller of Corrections, Kano Command, Suleiman Mohammed-Inuwa, on Friday received the newly appointed chairperson of Kano State Committee for the Prerogative of Mercy, Azumi Namadi Bebeji in his office. READ ALSO: Police foil…
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Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has advised the 96 freed inmates not to terrorise the people of the state with criminality. The governor offered the advice in Bauchi on Friday while granting executive pardon for the inmates in…
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The Prison Decongestion program of the Ministry of Justice has resulted in the release of 12,000 inmates across correctional centres in the country since 2016. Secretary of the Prison Decongestion Committee of the ministry, Mrs Patricia…
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The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami SAN, says digitalization such as the installation of Virtual Automated Case Management System will fast track prison decongestion in Nigeria. Malami said this on Tuesday,…
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