The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suggested that inmates in Nigeria Correctional Centres could partake in the voting process for 2023 general elections. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, revealed this during a meeting with the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, and his team at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, on Tuesday. … Read more
The Nigerian government has revealed that it spends N3m daily to provide meals for approximately 4,000 inmates in prisons nationwide. Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo made the revelation when he recently appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He said: “To feed these 4,068 inmates costs the government about N3 million a day. Multiply N3 million a … Read more
Crossdresser, Bobrisky, has alleged that he fed over 2,500 inmates while he was in prison, stating that the situation he met them in was heart-wrenching. “I will always be proud of myself. I fed over 2,500 people in maximum prison Kirikiri. The situation I met them in was heartbroken. I ordered 5 giant cows, 10 … Read more
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared 281 inmates missing from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri, Borno State, after a flood incident in the state. The service stated that seven inmates have been recaptured and returned to custody. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the NCoS spokesman, Umar Abubakar, said the service … Read more
Francis Enobore, the National Spokesperson, Nigeria Correctional Service, has confirmed that Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of SuperTV CEO, won ‘Miss Cell 2022’. Recall that Daily Report Nigeria reported earlier that the suspect whose trial is still ongoing, won the beauty pageant which was held at Kirikiri correctional facility to mark the 2022 International Women’s … Read more
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that 3,298 inmates across custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the term ‘condemned criminal’ had been abrogated. He said that the service preferred … Read more
The Federal Government On October 9, 2022, proposed over N22.44bn, for the feeding of inmates across the country. It was gathered that the money was meant for the supply of catering materials and foodstuffs for the Nigeria Correctional Service in 2023. Specifically, the Correctional Service is to spend N22,447,582,237 on the listed item. The figure, … Read more
Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, Ja’afaru Ahmed has urged Nigerians to support local content made by inmates. Ahmed made the plea on Wednesday during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by NCoS with a private entrepreneur on a Public Private Partnership PPP arrangement. A statement from the Public Relations department of … Read more
Adamawa State Committee has released 119 inmates from a correctional centre in Yola, Adamawa State. The Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee concluded the process of discharging the 119 inmates on Tuesday evening, January 25 and also granted bail to 31 persons in detention, while 49 others who were awaiting trials were convicted . The committee … Read more
The Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Olufemi A. Peters, has disclosed that a total of 28, 740 students will be graduating in the forthcoming Convocation. He further explained that the 65 of them are inmates from Nigerian Correctional Centre. Speaking at its 12th pre-convocation briefing in Abuja, on Tuesday, he … Read more