Tag: Prison inmates
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65 inmates set to graduate from Open University – VC
The Vice Chancellor of the Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Olufemi Peters, has disclosed that about Sixty-five inmates across the country will graduate from the university. He revealed that the 65 inmates are among the 28,740 students that will graduate from the university.
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Cocaine saga: Abba Kyari rejects prison food, keeps to himself
He stated, “Our law allows us to request any inmate who wishes to do self-feeding to apply through a formal application to the officer in-charge of the custodial centre. Subject to the approval of the official in-charge, the applicant will make arrangements with whoever he wishes to bring food for him.”
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Senate committee approves N1,000 daily feeding allowance for prison inmates
The Senate Committee on Interior, on Wednesday, increased the daily feeding allowance of the Nigerian Correctional Service from its current N450 per person to a minimum of N1,000 per day. Officials of the NCS were in the Senate on Wednesday to defend the 2022 budget of the agency. They proposed an increment of the daily…