The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has successfully enrolled over 74 per cent of inmates nationwide into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) database, contrary to media reports suggesting otherwise. This is contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer,(SPRO), Abubakar Umar on Sunday in Abuja. Umar described as “misleading and inaccurate”…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed a report of bomb blast at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MaSCC) in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the NCoS Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) Abubakar Umar, on Monday in Abuja. According to him, there has been no reported explosion…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has denied any involvement in the reported kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Rivers, describing the allegation as false and malicious. Abubakar Umar, Service Public Relations Officer, (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections, (DCC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Umar said that the claim was a fabrication…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has announced the demise of Senior Correctional Assistant (SCA) Shuaibu King-David. Abubakar Umar, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) and Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, that King-David died during the unfortunate escape incident at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Koton-Karfe, Kogi, on…
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has recaptured five out of the 12 inmates who escaped from custody at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton Karfe, Kogi. This is contained in a statement issued by Abubakar Umar, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections, (DCC), on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency…
The new Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCoS), FCT Command, Olatubosun Ajibogun, has assured the command’s personnel of capacity building to enable the effective and efficient discharge of their duties. Ajibogun gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja during the quarterly inspection of custodial centres, as well as correctional formations in the command. He said that…
