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About NCoS

The Nigerian Correctional Service is an arm of the Criminal Justice System domiciled in the Ministry of Interior.The Nigerian Correctional Service is a federal phenomenon. I.e there are no State Correctional Service in Nigeria. Every Custodial Center is a Federal Facility. The operation of the Service is supervised by the Ministry of Interior and t ...

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Nigerian Correctional Service Today

The abolition of Native Authority prisons in 1968 and the subsequent unification of the Prisons Service in Nigeria...
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Nigerian Correction Service Act, 2019

You can click on the link below to download a pdf copy of the Nigeiran Correctional Service Act, 2019
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Roll of Honor

From its inception to date, the Nigerian Correctional Service has had 20 heads.The first seven Directors of Prisons (as the office was then termed) had British nationality

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The Controller of Corrections Nigeria Correctional Service Zamfara State Command, CC Ibrahim Shehu, paid a co
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PENGASSAN WOMEN COMMISSION CELEBRATES TH
The occasion of the 2024 celebration of the Girl Child Day was adequately marked at the Medium Security Custodial Cen
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ETSU NUPE CELEBRATES 21ST ANNIVERSARY AN
As part of the events marking the 21st anniversary and 72 years birthday celebration of His Royal Highness, Alh. Yaha
The Controller General of Correctional CGC Haliru Nababa FICMC MFR mni declared open Train the Trainers TOT Workshop on Prisoners Inmates classification held in Lagos

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The CGC who was represented by the head of the Directorate of Training and Staff Development of the Correctional
NCoS FCT Gets New Controller

NCoS: FCT Gets New Controller
The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, FICMC, MFR, Mni, has appointed
PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE.
The attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, has been drawn to some
PRESS RELEASE REJOINDER

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The attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, has been drawn to a mischievous online
Spokesman NCoS Takes Steps to Address Overcrowding in Centers

Spokesman: NCoS Takes Steps to Address O
Addressing the issue of overcrowding in custodial cent

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ADDRESS BY THE CGC HALIRU NABABA FICM, MFR,mni AT THE PRESENTATION OF AFTER-CARE MATERIALS TO EX-INMATES ON 24 APRIL 2024

It gives me great pleasure to address you on this special occasion of the presentation of After-Care start-up packs to ex-...
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MINISTRY OF INTERIOR NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, BILL CLINTON DRIVE, AIRPORT ROAD, ABUJA

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, BILL CLINTON DRIVE, AIRPORT ROAD, ABUJA

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION, EXPRESSION OF INT...
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