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PRAWA trains 50,000 prison officers since its inception

A group, Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Actions, PRAWA, has said it has trained over 50,000 prison officers, police officers and other justice sector practitioners since its inception. Speaking at PRAWA

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Moro, Obiano Lament Prison Congestion in Nigeria

Nigeria Minister of Interior Mr. Abba Moro As the Federal Government was opening the Nnewi Prison in Anambra State on June 6, 2014, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro and

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Nigerian Prisons Service Elevates 3700 Officers

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) said it has elevated 3700 officers across the federation. Some of the most senior officers decorated by the Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, at

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PRAWA Enugu Award / Fundraising Dinner

PRAWA on June 25, 2014, organised an Award / Fundraising Dinner in Enugu, where stakeholders gathered to celebrate with the organisation. PRAWA Deputy Director Mr. Yinka Lawal, presented the organisations

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PRAWA Prison Positive Youth Talent Festival

All road will be leading to the Lagos Command of Nigeria Prison Service as PRAWA continues to mark is 20th anniversary, where the organization will be providing a charity platform

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Juveniles Who Became Men on Death Row

In a moment of joy and rekindled hope, ObedSopuruchi and Oto-ObongEdet stepped out of the gate of the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons, free to go home and reunite with their

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NASS ‘ll Remove Prison from Exclusive List

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the National Assembly was working hard to remove Prison Service from exclusive legislative list to concurrent list in the ongoing review of

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21 Prison Inmates Regain Freedom in Edo

No fewer than 21 awaiting trial inmates in four prisons in Edo State have been granted freedom by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Cromwell Idahosa. Justice Idahosa discharged

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Three Quarters of Nigerian Prisoners Awaiting Trial

The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Mr. Zakari Ohinoyi Ibrahim, told the House of Representatives Committee on Interior led by Umar Bature recently that congestion has become the

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42,000 inmates affected by judicial workers’ strike

The Nigerian Prisons Service has said that the three-week old strike of judicial workers in the country is affecting about 42,000 inmates, whose cases have been stalled across the nation

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