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Nigerian Prisons Service

Prioritize psycho-social problems of inmates, PFN urges stakeholders Prison

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 25, 2018 0

The Prisons Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Lagos State Chapter, on Saturday called on stakeholders to prioritize the psycho-social situation of inmates through specialised programs to improve their lives. The call was made at the maiden…

Government

PHOTOS: How The Nigerian Prison Service Bent Rules To Favour Northern Recruits

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 4, 2016 0

An investigation into an illegal recruitment exercise by the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) has revealed that majority of those hired were from the north. It was revealed that 538 new recruits were hired under the leadership of the…

Government

Kuje Prison Jailbreak: Authorities Make Fresh Move

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jun 30, 2016 0

Following the jailbreak incidence at the Kuje Prisons last week which caused a massive stir as a former militant leader suspected to be responsible for the Independence day celebration attack in 2010, Charlse Okah was alleged to have…

Government

Female Lawmaker Allegedly Battered, Reps Invite Min. Of Interior and Nigerian Prisons Boss

Owolabi Oluwasegun Apr 22, 2016 0

The House of Representatives has on Thursday summoned the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau (retd), and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr. Peter Ekpendu, based on the alleged assault on a female…

Metro

Prisoners Scamper For Safety As Prison Van Collides With Stationery Vehicle

John Ogunsemore Feb 17, 2016 0

Some prisoners who could not believe their luck escaped on Wednesday after a Nigerian Prisons Service vehicle conveying them to court collided with a stationery vehicle in the Badagry area of Lagos. According to reports, the accident…