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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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CG Inaugurates Committees to Reward Exceptional Staff

CG Inaugurates Committees to Reward Exce
The Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, FICMC, MFR, mni, has today inaugurated two (2) committees, nam
Minister Promises Speedy Completion of Kano Correctional Centre

Minister Promises Speedy Completion of K
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the
Nigerian Correctional Service bonds with the Janguza community

Nigerian Correctional Service bonds with
The Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, FICMC, mni, MFR, paid a working visit to the Janguza community
CONTROLLERS-GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS HONOURED BY THE PRESIDENT

CONTROLLERS-GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS HONOU
The President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, G
FCT COMMAND BEGINS JOINT INTERAGENCY SIMULATION TRAINING TO SECURE ALL CUSTODIAL CENTRES

FCT COMMAND BEGINS JOINT INTERAGENCY SIM
On Friday, September 22nd, the FCT Command of the Nigerian Correctional S
NCoS ORGANIZE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FOR INMATES IN PORT HARCOURT

NCoS ORGANIZE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT FOR IN
About 158 inmates participated in the just concluded maiden edition of the football tournament, which was organi
Nigerian Correctional Services Boss Bags Awards of Recognition

Nigerian Correctional Services Boss Bags
The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, FICMC, mni, has bagged an award of recogn
INTERIOR MINISTER INSPECTS CONSTRUCTION OF 3000 CAPACITY CUSTODIAL CENTRE IN ABUJA

INTERIOR MINISTER INSPECTS CONSTRUCTION

The Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, today 12th September, 2022, inspected the site of the on

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CGC SPEECH @ THE DECORATION OF THE NEW PROMOTED OFFICERS OF NCoS

A SPEECH BY THE CONTOLLER GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS, HALIRU NABABA FICMC mni, ON THE EVENT OF DECORATION OF NEWLY PRO...
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