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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the relocation of 29 custodial centres across the country. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this while commissioning 39 mini Green Maria operational vehicles and five bullet…
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President Bola Tinubu has granted approval for the employment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses to address the medical needs of inmates across correctional centres in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Dr…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has remanded 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters in prison. The presiding Justice Emeka Nwite on Monday, remanded nine male protesters in the Kuje prison while a female protester was remanded in Suleja.…
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Ahead of the planned nationwide protests against bad governance due to commence from Thursday, August 1, the Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones”, whose sanctity must not be…
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that not less than 3,167 inmates across the custodial centres in the country are on death row. Spokesperson of NCoS, Mr Abubakar Umar who made this known at  a media parley on Thursday…
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Aregbesola’s actions unlawful, bad precedence – Stakeholders There are confusions and unease over the expiration of the extended tenures of some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)/Heads of paramilitary outfits under the Ministry of Interior,…
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The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has promoted 18, 954 personnel of the four departments. A statement by the board secretary, Al-Hassan Yakmut, on Thursday, said the exercise was implemented across…
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The Nigeria Prisons Service and the Federal Fire Service are to employ nearly 10,000 Nigerians. While the Prisons will employ 7, 475, the Fire Service will recruit 2,200 new staff. Both agencies received approval for the recruitments…
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N272.4million for the procurement of arms and ammunition for the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) to fortify prisons across the country. The Minister of Interior, retired Gen. Abdulrahman…
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Italian Ambassador to Nigeria Stefanou Pontesilli,   says about 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. Pontesilli made the disclosure in an interview with reporters in Abuja.
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