The statement was signed by Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the ministry.
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The Nigeria Prisons Service, Zone F Command, Ibadan, on Thursday decorated five newly promoted Controller of Prisons with a charge to be guided by the ethics of the profession.
The Nigeria Prisons Service places premium on correcting and reforming inmates so as to transform them into responsible members of the society on discharge, according to Emmanuel Okoro, an official of the service.
The Management of the Nigerian Prisons Service has dismissed a Prison Officer for trafficking illicit drugs in the prison yard.
The Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, on Wednesday decorated 14 newly-promoted senior officers of the service with their new ranks.
The Controller of Nigeria Prisons Service in Enugu State, Ndubuisi Ogbodo, has received an award for good leadership by the African Emerging Leadership, Research and Development Organisation.
Chukwuemeka Monday, the prisons Command Public Relations Officer in Enugu, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Enugu on Thursday.
The Minister of Interior, Retired Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau, while receiving the Award from the Controller-General of Prisons, Ahmed Ja’afaru, in Abuja, stated that the award was part of the positive results of the Prisons Reforms embarked upon by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration.
The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis Enobore, confirmed the death of Gwali in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mustapha Iliyasu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Wednesday.
The minister stated this on Monday in Abakaliki, during the inspection of prison blocks been built by the Ebonyi Government and other facilities at the Abakaliki prison.
Ahmed regretted that the development come at a time the service was beginning to witness peace and calm across prisons across the country.
Some armed men carried out the crime on Sunday at about 8pm
The Controller of the Prison, Chris Okoya, made this known during a tour of prison reformation centres in Owerri, Imo, and Elele in Rivers State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 8th Advance Command Course for the Controllers of Prisons was held at the NPS Academy, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said this on Friday while receiving participants of the NPS 8th Advance Command Course on study tour of Lagos.
The Secretary of INEC in Kebbi State, Alhaji Bello Magaji Isah, made the disclosure during a visit to the Controller of Prisons in Kebbi State, Mallam Sani Adamu Potiskum, in Kebbi
Dambazau disclosed this on Friday at the ground breaking ceremony of a 3,000-capacity prison at Janguza in Tofa Local Council Area of Kano State
The Comptroller of Prisons in the state, Sani Potiskum, who decorated the promoted officers in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, said the promotion was to motivate the officers for effective service delivery.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 130 of the promoted officers are in NPS Lagos Command while the remaining 20 are from Zone A headquarters.