Nigerian Prisons Services
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The Nigerian Prisons Services (NPS) is a government agency of Nigeria
which operates prisons. The agency is headquartered in Abuja
, and the comptroller general controls the agency.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
which operates prisons. The agency is headquartered in Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
, and the comptroller general controls the agency.