Warders awaits court order to free pardoned Adamawa death-row farmer
The Nigerian Correctional Service is awaiting a court order to release Sunday Jackson, an Adamawa farmer on death row, who was granted a state pardon by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on…
Malami, EFCC chair clash over court order
A fresh legal controversy has erupted between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, over the service and enforcement of a…
Prisons decongestion: 7,900 inmates pardoned in three years
No fewer than 7,900 inmates were pardoned or released by federal and state governments, as well as chief justices, between January 2022 and December 2025 in efforts to decongest Nigeria’s…
Igbo community visits Kanu, feeds Sokoto Prison inmates during Christmas
THE Igbo community in Sokoto State has undertaken a Christmas visit to Sokoto Prison, where the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is serving his sentence.…
Yuletide: Banks caution customers against holiday frauds
Banks have warned their customers to be wary of fraudulent activities during the seasonal festivities. The warning was contained in emails and content on their social media pages, which advised…
Tax law discrepancies pose serious risks, CITN warns
The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria has warned of the risks the nation becomes exposed to over alleged discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and…
Sanwo-Olu coronates Oki as Ogboni Iduntafa, bless new palace
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday coronated the Permanent Secretary, Office of Urban Development, Lagos State, Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, an architect, as the 9th Ogboni Iduntafa (Onilegbale of Lagos) of…
NNPC, 12 others fail ICPC integrity indicators test
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and 12 other ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government recorded zero in the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard of the Independent Corrupt…
Tax agency can’t debit accounts without court order
The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has said that Nigerian tax authorities cannot debit taxpayers’ bank accounts without first going through the full…
Bishop Odetoyinbo calls for hope, peace, national renewal during Christmas
The Catholic Bishop of Abeokuta Diocese, Most Rev. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, has urged Nigerians to anchor their hope for peace in Jesus Christ amid the country’s mounting social and economic…