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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 ...

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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CGC COMMENDS CWIS BOARD FOR IMPACTFUL 20TH ANNIVERSARY  REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

CGC COMMENDS CWIS BOARD FOR IMPACTFUL 20

The Controller-General of Corrections (CGC) has commended the Board of Trustees of the Correctional Welfare Insurance
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CUSTOMS BOOSTS INMATE EDUCATION WITH MOD

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lighter Terminal Command, Apapa, Lagos, on Wednesday, 11th February 2026, commissi
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NCoS DISBURSES ₦1.43 BILLION AS CWIS M

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disbursed over ₦1.43 billion to personnel and beneficiaries under the
KANO JUSTICE REFORM COMMITTEE  CORRECTIONAL SERVICE COLLABORATE ON JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS

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The Controller of Corrections, Kano State Command, Ahmed Yusuf Lakpene, fsi, received the Criminal Justice Reform Com
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57 INMATES REGAIN FREEDOM IN EKITI JAIL

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CGC’s Youths Reform Agenda Gains Momen

In furtherance of the policy trust of the Controller General of Corrections, Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, MFR
CGC NWAKUCHE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO YOUTH EMPOWERMENT  PARTNERS INNOSON ON INMATE REFORMATION

CGC NWAKUCHE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO YOU

The Controller-General of Corrections (CGC), Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, MFR, mni, has reiterated the commit
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE CONTROLLER-GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS, SYLVESTER NDIDI NWAKUCHE, MFR, mni AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2026 CORRECTIONAL WELFARE INSURANCE SCHEME (CWIS) WORKSHOP

Theme:    "Leveraging on Insurance as A Game Chang...
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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

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