Tag: Prisons
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39 prison controllers graduate from academy
A total of 39 Controllers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) on Friday completed a six-week advance management training aimed at repositioning correctional services in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 8th Advance Command Course for the Controllers of Prisons was held at the NPS Academy, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. Speaking…
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50 prison inmates to write 2018 UTME
No fewer than 50 prison inmates will sit for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), according to an official. The Principal, Ikoyi Prisons School, Mr Idris Ibikunle, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, the school has prepared the inmates well for the examination as…
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Prisoners will participate, vote in 2019 election, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says it is making arrangements with the Nigeria Prisons Service to ensure that prisoners are allowed to vote in the 2019 general elections. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a dialogue session with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue –…
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Release 180 Ebonyi indigenes incarcerated in Lagos prisons, Umahi begs Ambode
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has called on the Lagos State Government to unconditionally release 180 Ebonyi indigenes, incarcerated in Lagos for engaging in hawking. Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of its indigenes in…
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‘Many innocent Nigerian children languishing in Lagos, other state prisons — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s Child Justice Consultant, Dr Wilfred Mamah, on Thursday said that there were many Nigerian children currently languishing in different prisons across the country. Mamah disclosed this in Lagos at a one-day Sensitisation Meeting on Diversion Community Rehabilitation Programme with media practitioners. The UNICEF’ Consultant also announced the inauguration of…
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Reps sponsoring Bill to decongest prisons – Gbajabiamila
The leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila (Lagos-APC), on Wednesday, said a Bill proposing community service as alternative to prison term for miscellaneous offenders in the country was underway. Gbajabiamila told newsmen in Abuja that when presented and passed, the emerging law would check congestion prisons across the country. He expressed concern…