Fourteen inmates have walked out of the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre after a judicial review exposed cases of detention extending beyond possible sentences, missing files and investigations that…
In a remarkable show of collaboration for justice reform, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, joined the Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has launched an extensive investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). In a statement released on Wednesday by…
Nigeria faces an escalating crisis as over 3,500 inmates languish on death row, caught in legal and moral limbo. As of April, according to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), 3,504…
The Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Adelodun Adebara, has granted freedom to three inmates during his inspection of Custodial Centres in Ilorin and Mandala. The release followed a thorough…
