The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has sanctioned no fewer than 147 personnel for various acts of misconduct, including complicity in contraband trafficking within custodial centres. The Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, disclosed this on Tuesday, May 5, in Abuja, reiterating the agency’s commitment to sanitising the system. In a related development, the service destroyed a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, and the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has completed the deportation of 192 foreign nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism, internet fraud and related financial crimes in Lagos State. The large-scale deportation, which began on August 15, 2025, concluded on October 16, 2025,…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano State Command, said 58 inmates from its custodial facilities are currently sitting for the 2025 National Examination Council Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, on Sunday in Kano. According to him, the milestone was achieved following the…
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has graduated 358 officers to enhance service delivery in correctional facilities. Sylvester Nwakuch, Comptroller General of NCoS, presided over the passing-out parade and graduation ceremony of the 340th Basic Recruit Course on Thursday in Kaduna. The event marked the culmination of six months of rigorous physical, academic, and ethical training…
The Federal Government has said it will not allow the fate which befell its Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja on April 24 to befall any of its 256 Custodial Centres across the country, saying it is rehabilitating the centres accordingly. On April 24, rainfall destroyed the walls of the Suleja Custodial Centre and led…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has said that the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society, COCOS, Hotel and Gardens Project was not funded by the Federal Government. The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Abubakar, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, saying the hotel was an investment of the NCoS Cooperative Society. The spokesman, who reacted to…