Tag: Inmates
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Eid-el Fitr: Kano governor, Ganduje pardons 43 inmates
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje the governor of Kano State has pardoned forty-three inmates serving various jail terms across the state. Ganduje pardoned the inmates on Friday, at Goron Dutse custodial facility in the spirit of Eid-el-Fitr festivities. Represented by his Deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, Ganduje said his administration has acquitted four thousand and thirteen inmates and…
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A’Ibom Chief Judge pardons 45 inmates
The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom, Justice Ekaette Obot, has released 45 inmates across the state during her facility visit to the Correctional Centres. The Chief judge made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Uyo on Friday after a three-day facility visit to correctional centres in the state. Obot called for the relocation of Eket…
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How Nigerian woman, Chizoba died in Ethiopia’s prison
Nigérian woman, Chizoba Favor Eze, has died in Kaliti Prison , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that she died in the early hours of Sunday, 12th, 2023. According to sources from Kaliti prison, Chizoba Favor Eze suffered physical aggression from the prison police who later rushed her to the hospital but could not resist…
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Prison decongestion: Justice Ministry secures release of 12,000 inmates
The Prison Decongestion program of the Ministry of Justice has resulted in the release of 12,000 inmates across correctional centres in the country since 2016. Secretary of the Prison Decongestion Committee of the ministry, Mrs Patricia Ayoola Daniels made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2023 budget defence of the ministry. Newsmen reports…
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Aregbesola gives details of how terrorists attacked Kuje prison, faults security agents
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has revealed that the terrorists that attacked the Kuje Correctional facility disarmed 31 military personnel protecting the prison. At an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Joint Committee investigating the Kuje Custodial Centre attack, Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola admitted, for the first time, that security agents failed in countering the…
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Inmates: Correctional service urges INEC to extend voting rights
The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend voting rights to inmates to allow them to exercise their civic responsibilities as Nigerians. He made the appeal when he led the management of the service on a visit to the INEC headquarters in Abuja. Nababa,…
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3,084 males, 61 females on death row in prisons across Nigeria
No fewer than 3,145 inmates are on death row in custodial centres across Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports spokesman to the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, in a response to enquiry by newsmen on the numbers of inmates awaiting execution at the various correctional center across the country said there were 3,084 males and 61 females…
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Eid-el-Kabir: Gov. Ganduje grants pardon to 90 inmates in Kano
90 inmates across Correctional Centres in Kano state have been granted pardon by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje in celebration of the Holy Eid el Kabir. A statement from the Kano Command of The Nigerian Correctional Service, Mr Musbahu Lawal, made this known on Saturday. It said that the inmates were pardoned and released based on various…
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Kuje prison attack: NCoS gives report on inmates’ stolen money
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, during the attack, stole money (local and foreign currencies) belonging to their fellow inmates The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
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Rauf Aregbesola speaks on inmates swapping in Nigerian prisons
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, says it is impossible to swap inmates in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service with free citizens. The minister said the on Friday in Abuja in his opening remarks at the third and fourth quarter 2021 performance review meeting of the ministry and its agencies.