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The official explained that state governors contribute to prison congestion in Nigeria. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that a total of 3,688 inmates are currently on death row across various correctional facilities in the country. The Acting Comptroller-General of the NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, disclosed this during his screening before members of the Senate Committee on Interior on Wednesday. He was …

An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 6, on Thursday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of controversial social media activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM. The arrest order followed a criminal defamation case that was brought before the court by a renowned female gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. In his ruling, Magistrate Emmanuel Iyana ordered …

CNN — The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency are proposing a dramatic downsizing of the IRS that would result in a nearly 20% reduction of its workforce by May 15 — one month after Tax Day in the United States. President Donald Trump has ordered agencies across the federal government to turn in their “large scale” layoff plans — known …

By Idahosa Musa Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, has lifted the suspension earlier placed on the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Dr. Samson Osagie, Esq. According to a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Umar Ikhilor, Esq, Osagie was found to be innocent of the alleged financial infractions leveled against him. …

…Four Lawmakers Join party By Idahosa Musa Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, on Wednesday gained the majority at the State House of Assembly, following the defection of three lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and one Labour Party lawmaker to its fold. Following the development, the APC membership in the Edo State House of Assembly is …

Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, said heaven would not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeached his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara.  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said this at a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.  Wike maintained that there would be nothing wrong if the state lawmakers decided to …

Mr Wike and Fubara have been locked in a protracted fight over the control of the political structures in Rivers State, which initially split the assembly into two factions. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers was on Wednesday prevented from accessing the State Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt, the state capital. PREMIUM TIMES learned that Mr Fubara was at the assembly quarters to …

The Lagos State Government has since declared an emergency in the school and commenced vaccination of all the students and staff. The Principal of Kings College, Lagos, Mogaji Zakaria, says the school has put measures in place to curb the spread and contraction of diphtheria, days after an outbreak that has led to the death of at least one student. …

CNN — President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer and industrial goods for Americans. It’s the latest salvo in Trump’s multifaceted tariff plan aimed at …

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan told the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Tuesday in the United States that her suspension for six months by the Nigerian Senate was unlawful and it was part of the plans to silence her in the parliament. Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has taken her case to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), seeking international intervention over her suspension from …