Tag: Prisoners
‘We’re all prisoners’: Obi celebrates Easter with inmates
The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has enjoined prisoners not to feel isolated and finished, saying every Nigerian is in prison seeking...
3,413 Nigerians on death row, 53,836 prisoners awaiting trial
There are 3,413 inmates on death row across the nation’s correctional centres.
Spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), Mr. Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this...
Jubilation as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners, Hamas frees hostages
Firecrackers lit up the sky on Friday night as raucous celebrations marked the release of Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons in exchange...
11 prisoners graduate from NOUN, 50 others matriculate in Enugu
Eleven prisoners from the Enugu Custodial Special Study Centre have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in its 2022/2023 academic session,...
NCoS destroys N150m worth items seized from prisoners
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has destroyed confiscated items from various custodial centres across the country worth over N150 million.
The seized items were destroyed...
El-Rufai pardons four prisoners in Kaduna
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has pardoned four prisoners in commemoration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.
The pardoned convicts are Abdullahi Haruna, Usman Ahmed, Mohammed Sani,...
Senate: Prisoners’ daily meal allowance shouldn’t be higher than NYSC members’
The Senate Committee on Sports has called for increase in daily feeding allowance paid to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members.
This, it said, was...
127 prisoners to sit for NECO exams in Enugu
About 127 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre are expected to sit for the November/December National Examination Council (NECO) senior secondary certificate examination (external), an...
