George: Over 8,000 inmates in 4000-capacity Lagos custodial centres
Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos State Command, Mr Daramola George, has disclosed how custodial centres in the state currently hold more than 8,000 inmates in facilities meant to accommodate…
‘Hard times await human traffickers, ’ NAPTIP says
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Binta Bello, has warned that hard times await perpetrators of human trafficking in 2026, as…
DSS arrested Malami gives reasons
Abubakar Malami, the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, was taken into custody by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday, shortly after his…
N7.15b freeze: Parallex Bank seeks dismissal of FHT Mega Express civil lawsuit
Parallex Bank Limited has requested a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to dismiss the N7.15 billion lawsuit filed against it by FHT Mega Express Limited. The bank argues that…
INEC warns against false 2027 election circular timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned the public to disregard a false article circulating online claiming the Commission has released the timetable for the 2027 General Elections. In a…
Man to die for rape, armed robbery in Cross River
A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced a 33-year-old man, Okon Effiong, to death for armed robbery, rape and aggravated assault. Justice Blessing Egwu delivered the…
India: Central arrest Nigerian with drugs worth N803.07 million
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru, India has arrested a Nigerian national, Ernest Onyekachi Ugah, 45, in connection with the possession and alleged peddling of MDMA…
Court pend judgment in Numan–Jalingo road rights suit
The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, on Monday reserved judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit challenging the prolonged neglect and unsafe condition of…
Ministry earmarks N8.7b for construction of roads
The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Kaduna State, has earmarked N8,771,000,000 for the construction of roads in five northern states. This was contained in the 2026 appropriation bill…
FG to appeal FHC judgment on attacks against journalists
Nearly two years after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Federal Government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of all attacks against journalists and other media practitioners, and…