Kaduna-based Public Commentator, Mahdi Shehu, was on Tuesday remanded at the Kaduna correctional service facility. He was ...

The new Controller of Nigeria Correctional Service in Abia State, Mr Henry Onyenze has appealed to the State government to ...

It has not been possible to contact the family of the man who was killed - even the Nigeria prison service has been unable to find them. As prison officials look on, he tells me that his father ...

The governor exercised the prerogative of mercy granted him by the Nigerian Constitution. In the exercise of his prerogative of mercy, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has freed seven prison inmates ...

The immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bell, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja after ...

was released from prison last month after serving a six-month sentence for abusing naira, the local currency. But a court dismissed money laundering charges. Nigeria was last year ranked 145 out ...

Rufai, on Thursday visited the Kaduna State Correctional Service Facility to see his former Chief of Staff, Bashir Saidu, who was remanded in the facility.

The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Abia State Command, has denied allegations that its officials are hostile to inmates with disabilities who are serving inside custodial centres in the state.

Nigeria's meteorological agency recently released a warning of heavy rains and flooding in some states. Two years ago more than 400 prisoners escaped following a raid on another prison in Abuja.

Following the Ibadan stampede, the former queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, fainted in prison. A video of Naomi's ...

The magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun on December 4, remanded Farotimi in prison custody. The Nigeria police on December 6, filed additional 12 count charge against him. On December 20, the court ...