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PRNigeria gathered that seven serving Assistant Controller Generals who took part in the screening and examination as candidates that later produced the current Controller General were “arbitrarily” sacked by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

The Nigerian Prisons Service has appealed to state governors to intervene in the management of over 2,500 inmates on death row and help decongest prison facilities.

Dambazau dropped the hint in Minna during an assessment of the damages recorded due to Sunday’s jailbreak at the Medium Security Prison in Minna that left a prison official and a motorcyclist dead.

The annual award, which recognizes Superior Achievement in Branding Reputation and Engagement, will be presented at the forthcoming Conference of African Public Relations Association in Gaborone, Botswana.

Stephen Abene, the Public Relations Officer, Nasarawa Command, said in a statement in Lafia on Monday.

Osinbajo disclosed this in a public presentation of three volumes of prison survey report put together by the Nigerian Prison Service and the Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, held at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers in Abuja.

According to him, the Enugu prison, which has a capacity for 638, now has 2,117 inmates

The Controller General of Nigerian Prison Service, Jaafaru Ahmed, made the disclosure in an interview with the Economic Confidential

He explained that an un-convicted prisoner on admission was usually told that he may be supplied with food at his own expense or at the expense of his friends (self-feeding)

At Tarzan Junction, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, traders and other residents blocked the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway chanting songs suggesting they would be forced to revive the clamour for Biafran Republic if pushed to the wall

Ekpendu had his primary school education at St Patrick’s School, Ibeku, Okwuato in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, while his secondary school education was at Mbaise Secondary School, Aboh Mbaise

Esu-Nte was first arrested by the anti-graft agency in May