By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has sanctioned 147 staff members for various acts of misconduct, including complicity in contraband trafficking. The Controller General, NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, said this in Abuja, during the destruction of seized contraband and items recovered from custodial centres nationwide. 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
The Management team of the Nigeria Police Force with that Management staff of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) By Ibironke Ariyo The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have called for stronger collaboration to improve inmates’ welfare, enhance intelligence sharing, operational synergy and national securityContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA) has launched a research report analysing the experiences of women on death row in Nigeria and calling for gender-responsive reforms in the criminal justice system. The report titled “Beyond Her Sentence: A Technical Analysis of Gender and Capital Punishment in Nigeria”Continue Reading
