The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that contrary to insinuations, the Binance executive in its custody, Tigran Gambaryan, was not sick as he is “safe and healthy”. Spokesperson of the Service, Umar Abubakar, stated this Thursday at the media briefing by the Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC) under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), held at …

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says custodial centres nationwide are free of cholera. It said the routine hygienic measures put in place in the correctional centres had helped to keep cholera out. The NCoS spokesman, Abubakar Umar, spoke to our newsmen on Wednesday as the country battles to contain a recent surge in cholera cases across 31 states. On Monday, …

Faced with the controversy trailing the unveiling of “COCOS Hotel and Gardens”, an investment of the Correctional Service Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society, the leadership of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared that the project is not funded by the federal government. The national spokesperson of NCoS, Abubakar Umar, who reacted to the issues raised about the facility, said the hotel, …

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that in 2023, there were no executions of inmates on death row across the custodial centres. Disclosing this on Friday, NCoS spokesperson, Abubakar Umar, also said as of 15 April 2024, a total of 3,504 inmates were on death row, comprising 73 females and 3,431 males. The former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, …

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed two of its personnel and sanctioned 35 others for alleged misconduct and acts inimical to their calls of duty. A statement by the spokesman of the NCoS, Abubakar Umar, on Wednesday, said the move was part of efforts to ensure the discipline of its personnel and entrench international correctional best practices. “The officers …

The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa has appealed to all stakeholders and the general public to accept and welcome ex-offenders into society. Nababa made the call during the International Conference on Prisoners Justice in commemoration of International Prisoners Justice Day on Thursday in Abuja. Prisoners’ Justice Day is a solidarity movement that takes place annually …

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said on Friday that the N500 million security grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa (ASR Africa) would be used to purchase technology to lessen the likelihood of additional prison attacks. Last week, ASR Africa donated N500 million each to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the NCoS as a security sector support …