The Nigerian government said it has arrested and remanded in prison three people suspected of vandalising power line ...

A Federal Government visitation panel on Nigeria’s prisons across the country has said the conditions of the prisons and ...

A federal government visitation panel on Correctional Centres across the country has said their conditions and those of their ...

Twelve prisoners escaped in an early morning jailbreak in central Nigeria Monday, authorities said. The escape is the latest in a country where old infrastructure and overcrowding are often faulted ...

The Federal Government has expressed concern over the presence of about 26,000 children in custodial centres, describing it as a violation of laws requiring their placement in borstal institutions.

Two Nigerians, Aluko & Nobore, face up to 62 years in U.S. prison for a $50M fraud scheme involving fake checks, stolen ...

Fapohunda appealed to the AGF and the Fed Govt to come to the rescue of the Nigerian prisons and their inmates with a view to alleviating their poor conditions. He urged the AGF to convene an ...

According to him, the figure accounts for 30 per cent of the total inmate population in correctional facilities across the ...

A lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, has critiqued what he described as hereditary appointments within ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS has mourned the tragic loss of one of its personnel killed in the line of duty during ...

A Marquette teen died by suicide after sextortionists threatened to share his sexually explicit photo if he failed to pay $1,000 ransom.