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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has appointed himself as the Commissioner for Lands, Survey, and Physical Planning in the state. The governor made the announcement on Tuesday during the inauguration of new commissioners at the Government House in Owerri. Modestus Nwamkpa, a former Special Assistant to the Governor on Prints also disclosed this on his Facebook page on Tuesday. The governor said he appointed himself to the position to prevent any corruption scandal as it happened in the past.

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  Between October 28, 2019 and April 25, 2024, fewer than 6,356 inmates escaped from Nigerian Correctional Service Centres in a series of successful jailbreaks. This amounts to 13 in number, a report by WikkiTimes said. Recently, Nigeria has experienced several jailbreaks, posing a threat to public safety. These incidents have raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of security measures within the country’s prison system and also highlighted the need for reforms.  

Residents of Owerri and Umuahia, the capital cities of Imo and Abia in the South-East, have decried the continued rising cost of foodstuffs and general inflation in the country.

The Nigeria Correctional Service has stepped up efforts to track down and recapture escaped inmates of the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger State

This is as oil marketers have traded blames on the current fuel scarcity as petrol queues continued to build up in major cities across the country despite

          The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied being responsible for the attack and jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State in April 2021.    IPOB on Friday in a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, reacted to an allegation by the Nigerian Army that the Biafran group was responsible for the attack at the correctional facility in 2021.  

Factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu lsiguzoro, has called for a review of the findings and recommendations proposed by the

The Federal Government may relocate many jails from city centres because of the growing urbanisation in the country.