Tag: Prisons
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FG constructing more prisons for law breakers – Aregbesola
The federal government is constructing mega 3,000-capacity custodial villages in the six geo-political zones of the country to cater for prisoners, the Ministry of Interior has disclosed.
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Former prisons chief charged with murder of famous journalist
The Philippine Department of Justice said it had indicted the former head of the Bureau of Corrections, Gerald Bantag, for allegedly “organising” the murder of Percival Mabasa, a prominent journalist. Mabasa was better known in the country under the pseudonym Percy Lapid.
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FG to replace prison officers that “cannot shoot to kill”
Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service should train or replace officers who ‘cannot shoot to kill’. Aregbesola gave the directive on Monday, December 5, while unveiling the new service logo and uniforms and the commissioning of new staff quarters, ICT infrastructure and operational vehicles at the Service headquarters. The…
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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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Chief Judge releases 33 prisoners in Lagos
Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Wednesday, freed 33 inmates of three out of thẹ five Custodial Centres of thẹ Nigerian Correctional Services, NCS, in the state. Eight of the inmates were released from Ikoyi Custodial Centre, 11 from Maximun and 14 from Medium Custodial centre The inmates were pardoned at an open…
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Why I won’t resign my ministerial appointment over incessant attacks on prisons – Aregbesola
The Minister of Interior,
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Number of Nigerians languishing illegally in prisons abroad alarming – Reps
Members of the House of Representatives have raised an alarm over the trend of Nigerians being illegally detained in prisons in foreign lands, and asked the Federal Government to secure their release.
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Lagos Govt. moves to decongest prisons
The Lagos State Government is set to bring down the number of inmates awaiting trial in prisons across the State through the implementation of plea bargain aspect of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law. Speaking at Ikoyi Prison during a visit to create awareness on the initiative, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice,…
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Senate summons CG Prisons over imprisonment of under-age
The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Controller-General, Prisons, Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru, to appear before its Committee on Interior, to explain why under-age offenders and infants should be confined with adults in the nation’s prisons. The upper chamber also urged various security agencies involved in the arrest and detention of juveniles to ensure that they were…
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1,574 inmates awaiting trial in Anambra Prisons – Official
No few than 1,574 inmates out of 1,761 prisoners in Anambra are currently awaiting trial for various offences, the state’s Controller of Prisons, Mr Emmanuel Nwakaeze has said. Nwakaeze, who gave the figure in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha on Friday, said the inmates spread across four prisons in Aguata, Onitsha, Awka and Nnewi.…