The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has pledged to tackle overcrowding in Nigerian correctional centres as part of a comprehensive reform agenda aimed at transforming the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). Speaking at the second public hearing of an Independent…
…Pledges support for Ministry’s programs in rehabilitation efforts In her continued commitment to curbing drug abuse in Lagos State, the First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Claudiana Sanwo-Olu, visited the Correctional Centre for Senior Boys and the Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre…
…Commends UNODC for partnership The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has stated his administration is poised to transform the correctional centres to being reformative in nature rather than destructive. Dr. Tunji- Ojo made this call when the Country Representative,…
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment toward fortifying the nation’s correctional centres against any external attack. The minister, who made this known during an inspection tour of Kuje Correctional Centre on Thursday in Abuja,…
One hundred and eighty-one inmates across the three correctional centres in Rivers State have been granted pardon by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Amadi. The CJ disclosed this at the close a two-day goal delivery exercise at…
…Expert suggests mechanism to checkmate corruption in Nigeria’s security agencies Abimbola Abatta and Ariemu Ogaga The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, disclosed its resolution to probe the utilisation of the N165 billion two years budget of the Nigeria Correctional Services…
By Erasmus Ikhide In strategic scientific study of crime, it’s well noted that enormous variety among criminals and criminal acts in complex societies such as Nigeria must be pigeonholed holed into the typology of crime to achieve solutions to the…
