Tag: CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

‘70% of inmates in Kano correctional centres awaiting trial’ — NCoS

Aminu Imam
NCoS

The Kano command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), says 70 percent of inmates in prison facilities across the State are awaiting trial. Spokesperson of the Service in Kano, Musbahu Lawan, while speaking with newsmen yesterday, said overcrowding in the State’s correctional facilities is posing a significant challenge, as the number of awaiting trial inmates has tripled compared to convicted inmates. According to him, “Statistics show that only 30 percent of inmates are convicted in the correctional service, while inmates awaiting trial constitute 70 percent of the total number of…

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Economic Hardship: Prison inmates revolt in Jos over food ration cuts

Aminu Imam

The protest over nationwide hardship hit the Correctional Centre in Jos, the Plateau State capital, yesterday, as inmates staged a protest over plan to reduce their food ration. It was learnt that the protest started as soon as the prisoners heard about the correctional facility’s decision to reduce the portion sizes of food. ?It was gathered that immediately they got tipped off on downward review of food size, the inmates started to protest. During the protest, the inmates refused to take orders from the custodial officials and also shunned breakfast.…

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Senators alarmed, as dogs are better fed than inmates NCS facilities 

Aminu Imam

Senators expressed alarm yesterday, when they were informed that the daily feeding allowance of Nigerian prison inmates is still N750. However, it was gathered that a dog kept by the Nigerian Correctional Service is fed with the sum of N800 daily, an indication that the Service spends more to feed a dog than to feed an inmate. This was disclosed when the Comptroller-General of Corrections, Haliru Baba, and other top officials appeared before the Senate Committee on Interior in Abuja to defend the 2024 budget estimates of the Service. The…

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Interior Minister urges govs to sign death warrant of 3,008 condemned inmates to decongest prisons

Aminu Imam

As part of measures to decongest prisons nationwide, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has called on state governors to sign the death warrants of the 3,008 condemned criminals waiting for execution. Speaking at the inauguration of the Osun State Command headquarters complex of the Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCS), in Oshogbo on Friday, the minister emphasised the need to bring cases involving the inmates to closure. Aregbesola, who identified three avenues to decongest prisons, said governors could accelerate the wheel of justice, as many inmates had been in custody for…

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Breaking: Court orders Sen. Ali Ndume be remanded in Kuje Prison for failure to produce Maina

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered Sen. Ali Ndume to be remanded in Kuje Prison following Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT)’s refusal to appear for his trial. Justice Okon Abang gave the order when Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, failed to file a formal application to show cause why he should not forfeit the bail bond of N500 million deposed to on May 5 to stand as surety for Maina. The EFCC’s Lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, had, on November 18, asked the…

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