Lagos police have broken their silence after a report said confessed killer, Ayomide Adeleye, is not in prison for murder.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been released from the Ado-Ekiti correctional center after meeting his ...