Unidentified gunmen on Thursday stormed a Mexican prison and freed nine inmates, Hidalgo state Interior Minister, Simon Vargas said. Vargas said the gunmen gained access to the prison in the central Mexican city of Tula by ramming their vehicles into the building, and setting two vehicles close to the...
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No fewer than 42 inmates serving various jail terms in Jos Correctional Centre are writing the ongoing November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations of the National Examination Council (NECO). ASC Longdiem Godfrey, the Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), announced this to News...
By BABARA KALU, Enugu – No fewer than 127 inmates from Enugu Detention Center are expected to sit on the November / December National Examination Board (NECO), Senior Secondary (External) Certificate Examination, an official said. The spokesman of the state command of the Nigerian Corrections Service (NCoS), Mr. Monday...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has said that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the country in the past one year Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Thursday while addressing newsmen at a media briefing organised by the...
The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion has set free five inmates and recommended three for bail from the Nigerian Maximum Security Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara. A statement by Mrs Modupe Ogundoro, a Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice, said the committee was led by...