The Presidency on Saturday released a comprehensive list of the beneficiaries of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential pardon, clemency and commutation of sentences to 175 convicts and former convicts, which was released on Thursday after the National Council of State meeting. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,…
By Boluwatife Hamidat Olanite and Golden Munet Amedu The Kano State chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has applauded the Nigeria Police Force for the prompt arrest and transfer of one Fauziya Gidado, who is accused of severely abusing a 14-year-old house help, to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. In a statement issued on…
… as LG chairman brokers peace, vows justice The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ifo Police Division, SP Kamorudeen Olabisi said that a number of arrests have been made following the killing of a trader, Mrs. Blessing Eze, at Ifo Market on Friday, June 6, 2025. The DPO spoke at a peace meeting called by the…
…Govt details how monarch defied House of Assembly, traditional council summons The Ogun State Government on Tuesday arraigned the Olu of Obafemi in Obafemi Owode Local Government, Oba Taofeek Kayode Owolabi, for land grabbing. Oba Owolabi is a coronet Oba and a member of the Egba Traditional Council and is currently under suspension. Specifically, the…
The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has dismissed three lecturers over sexual harassment. The dismissed three lecturers were Mr. Nurudeen Hassan from Mass Communication, Mr. Kareem Arigbabu and Mr. Olayinka Uthman from the Arts & Design department. According to a memo titled: DISMISSAL OF STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS, the…
Police, others aiding human rights abuse, says group Although Nigerian constitutions from the compiled document for independence in 1960, to the one currently in use, the 1999 constitution, clearly stipulate equal rights for everyone irrespective of their status within the country, particularly on freedom of peaceful assembly, association and religious beliefs, but the rights, though…
The Ogun State Government has said that it is considering signing the Death Warrants of condemned criminals sentenced by competent courts to serve as a deterrent to those who may want to commit heinous crimes in the state. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade (SAN), made this known on Friday…
Section 197 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Resisting public officersAny person who in any manner obstructs or resists any public officer while engaged in the discharge or attempted discharge of the duties of his office under any order, Act, law, or Statute, or obstructs or resists any person while engaged in the discharge…
Following reported cases of stampedes in Abuja and Anambra State where many lives were lost at funfair and palliative distributions events, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has called for caution and end to such unorganised events in the country. Egbetokun who described the incidents as worrisome scenarios said it calls for urgent…
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Barrister Ukeyima Akutah, has said that based on the remarkable level of the Ease of Doing Business Index in Ogun State, the state is leading the rest of the country in the ongoing industrial revolution embarked upon by the Federal Government. He noted…
