By Ibironke Ariyo A retired Controller of Corrections, Dr Francis Enobore, has urged state governments to embrace non-custodial measures and accelerate justice delivery to tackle persistent overcrowding in custodial centres across the country. Enobore, who was a former spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), gave the charge in anContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has strengthened its border security through advanced technology deployment and enhanced surveillance to curb irregular migration and migrant smuggling across the country’s borders. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Akinsola Akinlabi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo/Lengnan Tobias The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has destroyed large confiscated items from various custodial centres across the nation. Speaking during the destruction exercise on Tuesday in Abuja, the Controller General, NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, said that the prohibited items which include phones and other electronic devices were consideredContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is actively implementing a major agricultural initiative, transforming custodial farmlands into agribusiness hubs to improve food security and rehabilitate inmates. The Controller-General (CG) of NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, made this known on Friday at the Dukpa Farm Centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja, where theContinue Reading
By Bosede Olufunmi The Federal Government has concluded plans to establish fire stations in all the 109 senatorial districts in the country, as part of efforts to mitigate fire disasters in the country. Dr Olumode Samuel-Adeyemi, the Controller General (CG) of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), made this known whenContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Controller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, has charged personnel of the service to leverage on insurance for a sustainable post service experience. Nwakuche gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja, in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Correctional Welfare Insurance SchemeContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo UK-funded programme, Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG Programme) has partnered with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to inaugurate its Gender Policy 2 for 2026–2030. Dr Ukoha Okiwo, Team Leader of SPRiNG, at the policy launch event in Abuja, said SPRiNG was committedContinue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has decorated its Public Relations Officer, Mr Efosa Ogbebor, alongside 149 other officers and men recently promoted to various ranks. The decoration ceremony, held at the command headquarters in Benin, was presided over by theContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigerian Correctional Service has promoted 16,582 officers and personnel across multiple cadres, marking the largest promotion exercise ever conducted in the service’s history nationwide, according to officials in Abuja Tuesday. Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, disclosed this during the decoration ceremony for newly promoted officers andContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap, on Monday decorated 46 newly promoted comptrollers, charging them to be more vigilant and professional in the face of the nation’s security challenges. Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja, Nandap reminded the officers that promotion in a disciplinedContinue Reading
