Tag: NCoS

Awaiting-Trial Inmates’ Feeding Costs Hit N14bn in Eight Months

Nigerian Correctional Service spends N14bn feeding inmates held without trial between January and August 2025 Daily feeding allowance increased from N750 to N1,125 per inmate under FG policy Inmate population…

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NCoS Threatens to Sanction Officers Over Repeated Jailbreaks

Over 6,700 inmates have escaped Nigerian correctional centres since 2019. Controller-General blames negligence, vows strict sanctions on officers. 30 new Assistant Controllers-General decorated in Abuja. The Nigerian Correctional Service has…

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NCOS Provides Update on Bobrisky’s Accommodation Allegations

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed that an investigation is underway regarding allegations surrounding the accommodation of convicted crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky. The NCoS Public Relations…

Bobrisky Faces Fresh Criminal Charges After Panel Indicts Prison Officials

Controversial Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, is poised to confront new criminal charges following an investigative panel's findings implicating four prison officials in alleged misconduct during his…

FG Feeds Dogs More Than Inmates – NCoS

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), Haliru Nababa has disclosed that the federal government spends N750 per day to feed an inmate, while it allocates N800 per…