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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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HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INTERIOR DONATES CUSTOMIZED BEDDINGS TO INMATES IN ONDO STATE

HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INTERIOR DONATES

In a landmark gesture towards improving inmate welfare and advancing correctional reform, the Nigerian Correctional S
NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE REFUTES MISLEADING ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT IN CIRCULATING VIDEO

NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE REFUTES MI

The attention of the Nigerian Correctional Service has been drawn to a video currently circulating on social media in
NEW DPP  CONTROLLER-GENERAL FORGE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO DECONGEST CUSTODIAL CENTRES

NEW DPP, CONTROLLER-GENERAL FORGE STRATE

The newly appointed Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Oyedepo Iseoluwa Rotimi,
NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CONVENES HIGH-LEVEL HYBRID MEETING ON PAROLE PROCESSES AND APPROVAL FRAMEWORK

NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CONVENES H

The Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, MFR, mni, today hosted a high-level hybrid meeting t
CONTROLLER GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDS 2026 BUDGET PROPOSALS BEFORE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR

CONTROLLER GENERAL OF CORRECTIONS DEFEND

The Controller-General of Corrections Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, MFR, mni joined the Honourable Minister of Interior,
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
CUSTOMS BOOSTS INMATE EDUCATION WITH MODERN CLASSROOM COMPLEX AT MSCC  KIRIKIRI APAPA  LAGOS

CUSTOMS BOOSTS INMATE EDUCATION WITH MOD

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lighter Terminal Command, Apapa, Lagos, on Wednesday, 11th February 2026, commissi
NCoS DISBURSES    1 43 BILLION AS CWIS MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY  CGC REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO OFFICERS    WELFARE

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

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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

OF YEAR 2025 CAPITAL PROJECTS...
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