The Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Abubakar Umar, has disclosed that there are more than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centers in Nigeria who are on death row. Umar who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, explained that the NCoS Act 2019 which made the Prisons Correctional Centres, the term ‘condemned criminal’ was abrogated, noted that it is stigmatizing He stated that many of the IDRs committed capital offenses...

Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo says he has approved the sum of two million naira for the couple who gave birth to a set of quintuplets in Awka. This was made known through the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in her office in Awka. Speaking on the support by the state government, Hon Ify Obinabo noted that the support came after the couple Mr Tochukwu, an Onitsha-based businessman and his wife Mrs Chidinma...