Tag: CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
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‘It’s untrue,’ NCoS denies poor feeding allegations in correctional centres
The Nigeria Correctional Service ( NCoS) has dismissed a report alleging poor feeding in Custodial centres as untrue and do not reflect the service’s committment to inmates welfare. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar
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Rivers politician, Ephraim Nwuzi remanded for allegedly inciting violence
The lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Ephraim Nwuzi, has been remanded at a correctional centre in Rivers state, by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Port Harcourt. This development followed a remand proceeding preferred against the politician by the Rivers State Police Command. The police accused the lawmaker of treasonable…
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BREAKING: Gunmen attack Oyo prison, set inmates free- Official
Unknown gunmen on Friday night attacked the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, freeing unspecified number of inmates at the facility. Mr Olarewaju Anjorin, the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Ibadan. Anjorin said that the attack happened around…