The Nigerian Prisons Service has launched a probe into the fire incident that gut the Kuje Medium Prisons on Friday. According to Vanguard, the prison authorities said the fire occurred at about 4:30 pm. “Minor fire was detected in Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital at about 4.30 pm. and was immediately put out by security... Read More

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July 12, 2016

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Massive shake up in Nigerian Prisons [DETAILS]

The Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Jafaru Ahmed has approved a major redeployment of senior officers in the service nationwide. The directive was given via a letter issued on Monday and signed by the Service’s PPRO, DCP Francis Enobore. ACG Ogundele, who heads the Directorate of Inmates’ Training and Productivity, takes over from ACG Ali... Read More

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October 11, 2014

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There was no jailbreak in Kiri-Kiri prison – Official

by Jewel Stephen Contrary to reports of a jailbreak yesterday at the Medium Security Prison, Kiri-Kiri, Lagos, the Nigerian Prison Service has said that there was no such thing. The prison yesterday witnessed heavy security lock-down following a rowdy protest by inmates. The spokesperson of the prison service, Ope Fatiniku reacted to reports saying: “Indeed,... Read More

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November 29, 2013

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Stella Oduah’s armoured cars will buy 51 police patrol vans – Fashola

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, in a meeting of the 7th Annual Town Hall Meeting on Security held at the Civic Centre on Victoria Island, yesterday said about N51 billion is needed annually to buy and fuel 9,000 police patrol vehicles. The meeting themed: “Sustaining local responses to rising national security... Read More

April 16, 2013

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“I was transported in my boxers from Lagos to Ado-Ekiti, it was dehumanising” – Ayo Fayose in court

by Rachel Ogbu Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has complained that while he was arraigned for alleged fraud by the EFCC, he was dehumanised by officials of the Nigerian Prison Service. On Monday, Fayose told a Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti during a testimony in a suit he set up at the court over alleged infringement on his fundamental... Read More

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