The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), on Monday, said the K9, intelligence and armed squads of the service had been placed on red alert, ahead of the proposed nationwide protests. In October 2020, Nigerians across major cities protested against police brutality under the #EndSARS movement. The protests, which led to the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), were eventually hijacked …

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, …

The Federal Government on Friday urged Nigerians to accept ex-offenders, stressing that the inmates have gone through various reformatory and rehabilitation programmes. During the familiarisation tour to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) headquarters in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade expressed satisfaction over the vocational skills, reformatory and rehabilitation programmes the inmates received while in …