Police re-arrests Jos prison escapee, 25 other suspects
August 8, 2022 The Police Command in Plateau has re-arrested one Mohammed Ibrahim, one of the inmates that escaped from the Jos custodial centre. Mr. Bartholomew Onyeka announced this when…
Kuje jailbreak: Osinachi’s husband, Wadume still in custody
July 12, 2022 The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume),…
Kuje Prison Attack: FG releases photo of fleeing Boko Haram suspects, declares them wanted
July 8, 2022 The Federal Government has declared all fleeing Boko Haram suspects from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje wanted. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in a statement…
Inmate bags Second Class Upper degree from NOUN
June 29, 2022 An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Kuje Custodial Centre, Mr. Chinwendu Heart, graduated with a Second Class Upper degree in Theological Studies from the…
Harmonise Inmates’ Biometrics With Security Agencies, Consider Decongestion – Aregbesola Directs NCoS
June 28, 2022 The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) to ensure that the bio-data of all inmates were harmonised with sister agencies….
Jailbreaks: NCoS sets up special security team for custodial facilities
Dec. 20, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service has set up a special security team to strengthen security around Custodial centres across the country. This is contained in a statement issued…
21 escapees from Jos prisons rearrested – NCoS official
Dec. 7, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Plateau Command, has arrested 21 inmates who escaped from the Jos custodial centre when gunmen attacked the facility. ASC Geofrey Longdiem, the…
Lagos NCoS confirms attack on personnel, attempted hijack of inmates at court premises
Nov. 3, 2021 The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos state, on Wednesday confirmed an attack on its personnel at the Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), during the hearing…
NSCDC official tells court how colleague defrauded 9 job seekers of N2.7m
Oct.12, 2021 A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) officer, Nkechinyere Adesegun, told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her colleague, Ngozi Oboh, allegedly defrauded nine job seekers…
20 inmates to write 2021 UTME at Ikoyi Custodial centre
April 23, 2021 No fewer than 20 inmates have indicated interest to write the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Lagos…