BREAKING: FG Frees 2,600 Prisoners Over COVID-19
The federal government says it is freeing 2,600 inmates in various prisons to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, announced that the government has decided to grant amnesty to the inmates at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. He said among those to be freed include sick and old inmates. More to follow…
Warders Threaten Strike Over Poor Salaries, Working Conditions
Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS have threatened to embark on strike over what they described as meagre salaries and poor working conditions. It was gathered that some aggrieved officials complained over their alleged neglect by the Federal Government despite the hazardous nature of their work. In a document obtained by journalists on Tuesday in Uyo, the aggrieved workers accused...
Seven fleeing Boko Haram members killed by IEDs • Nigeria Army rescues four kidnapped students in Kaduna
The Nigerian Army says seven members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram, fleeing artillery bombardment and assaults by its troops have been killed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the sect. Eight other members of the sect reportedly sustained different degrees of injury in the incident. A statement by the media coordinator, Nigerian Army Operations, Aminu Iliyasu says the incident...
Stop Criticising Our Decisions On Ahmad Lawan, Godswill Akpabio, Supreme Court Warns
The Supreme Court on Saturday came hard on some Nigerians who had been “venting convoluted anger”, following its recent pronouncements, which affirmed a former Governor of the Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, senatorial candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 elections. The Apex Court warned purveyors of such attacks on the judiciary...
Lagos Suspends Reopening Of Worship Centres
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, has suspended the reopening of worship centers indefinitely. The governor had earlier directed worship centres, which were shut over coronavirus pandemic, to reopen but under strict guidelines. He had said while mosques would reopen on June 19, churches would resume activities on June 21. But at a press briefing on Tuesday, the governor made a U-turn,...
El-Rufai Bags Traditional Title In Ijebuland
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been installed as the Gbobaniyi of Ijebuland. The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, conferred the former governor with the title on Saturday. Also conferred with chieftaincy titles by the monarch were a former governorship hopeful in Ogun, Jimi Lawal, and his wife, Maryam. El-Rufai took to his verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on...
Court Throws Out Fresh Bid By DSS To Detain Emefiele For More 14 Days
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama, on Thursday, rejected a fresh application the Department of State Services, DSS, filed for an order to further detain the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for another 14 days. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Hamza Muazu, held...
