PDP Carpets APC Over Kuje Prison Attack, Urges Probe of Reported Redeployment of Soldiers 24hrs Before Attack
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has condemned in strong terms, the spate of insecurity and the audacity with which terrorists ravage the country unchallenged “under the rudderless All Progressives Congress (APC) administration”, calling for the probe…
VIDEO Of Attack: ISWAP Terrorists Jubilate, Claims Responsibility for Attack on Kuje Prison
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in jubilant mood after attacking Kuje Custodial facility in Abuja and freeing hundreds of its detained fighters. Less than 24 hours after the Kuje Prison attack, ISWAP claimed full responsibility for the…
Boko Haram Suspects In Kuje Prison Escaped – Defence Minister
Over 600 inmates of the Kuje Correctional facility, otherwise known as Kuje Prison, including high profile Boko Haram fighters and bandits escaped on Tuesday night following attack on the facility by suspected members the terrorists group. The Minister of Defence,…
Interior Minister Approves Retirement 7 ACGs of Prison
Seven serving senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have been retired compulsorily. The affected officers, The Street Reporters Newspaper gathered, were Assistant Controller Generals (ACGs). Their retirement, seen as ‘arbitrarily’, by the affected officers was approved by the…
John Mrabure Appointed NCoS Boss as Jaafaru Bows Out of Nigerian Correctional Service
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has gotten an Acting Comptroller General of the Service. He is Deputy Comptroller-General of the NCoS, DCG John Mrabure. John Mrabure, until his appointment, was in charge of the Human Resource Directorate of the NCoS….
Shocking Letter of Benin Prison Escapee to Obaseki
An escapee from Nigerian Correctional facilities in Benin, otherwise known as Benin prison, has written to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, apologising for escaping from the facility. The inmate who identified himself as Osaro Oyidan, in the open letter…
Edo State Govt Imposes 24-hour Curfew after Hoodlums Freed Prisoners
After suspected hoodlums on Monday hijacked the #EndSARS protests in Benin City, Edo State capital and freed prisoners, the Edo State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state till further notice. The government in a statement obtained by…
Coming Soon: The Pen in Jail By Agba Jalingo
The Pen In Jail, a book by freed Journalist, Agba Jalingo, examines the broader issue of corruption, institutional failure, overbearing tendencies of political leaders, senseless idiosyncrasies, and the tendency to whittle down good governance and destroy institutions. The Pen In…
COVID-19 Scare: Minister Wants Speedy Decongestion Correctional Centres Nationwide
..Over 52,000 Imates on Awaiting Trial in Nation’s Correctional Facilities – Controller General of Corrections Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has called for immediate decongestion of all the Correctional Centres in the country as a measure to ensure that…
