The Nigerian Correctional Services, on Thursday, explained why it allowed convicts with lesser sentences to operate from their homes. The Controller of the Service in Enugu State, Nicholas Obiako, made the explanations to journalists shortly after decorating 92 senior officers of the Command who were promoted recently. Obiako said the decision to offer non-custodial services
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Saturday the Federal Government would establish six modern correctional facilities in the country’s six geo-political zones. The minister stated this when he inspected an ongoing project at the Model Maximum Security Custodial facility in Janguza, Kumbotso local government area of Kano State. He said the project was
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There was a pandemonium on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) and commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada riders operating at Agodi-Gate, clashed. The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was
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A total sum of N65 million has been generated so far by the correctional Service in the year 2020, the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ja’afaru Ahmed made this revelation on Friday. He also disclosed in a statement that 713 projects have been delivered by the Service across different facilities in the
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