Nigerian Correctional Service Portal

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...

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

SENATE PRESIDENT RENOVATES SOLAR-POWERED

The President of the Senate, distinguished Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, GCON has renovated a solar-powered borehole a

NCoS Partners Nigeria Army on Manpower D

Drill instructors of the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, have passed

NCoS destroys N150m contraband seized fr

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has destroyed items it

Reject Inmates to Decongest Custodial Ce

The Federal Government has instructed state Controllers of Corrections to reject inmates when they don’t have the c

COMMUNITY LEADERS PLEDGE TO SUPPORT OFFE

Community leaders in Borno state, North East Nigeria, have pledged to support the seamless transition of ex-offenders

NCoS, UNODC PARTNER TO STRENGTHEN OFFEND

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is partnering with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to s

NCoS, NARSDA Synergize to Promote Offend

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is set to partner with the National Spac

Showumi, Zakirai Bid NCoS Farewell

The Deputy Controller General of Corrections (CD) Training and Staff Development, Lawrance S

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Inmate's Population

WELCOMING ADDRESS BY THE CGC HALIRU NABABA FICMC, MFR, mni During Commissioning of Newly Procured Vehicles and Decoration of Newly Promoted Senior Officers

I am honored and highly delighted to welcome you to this joyous occasion of the commissioning of newly procured operational vehicles and the decora...