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Customs warns Nigerians against fake appointment letters circulating online
By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has warned the public to disregard fake appointment letters currently circulating online, describing them as fraudulent and misleading. In a statement posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday, October 17, 2025, the Service clarified that it is not issuing…
Read More »Rivers judiciary frees 150 inmates to decongest custodial centre
The Rivers State Judiciary has released 150 inmates from the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre as part of its goal delivery exercise for the 2024/2025 legal year. The initiative, aimed at decongesting correctional facilities across the state, saw 109 inmates discharged by the Magistrates’ Court and 41 others freed…
Read More »Full list of beneficiaries of President Bola Tinubu’s presidential pardon, clemency
Illegal miners, white-collar convicts, remorseful drug offenders, foreigners, Major General Mamman Vatsa, Major Akubo, Professor Magaji Garba, capital offenders such as Maryam Sanda, Ken Saro Wiwa, and the other Ogoni Eight were among the 175 convicts and former convicts who received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mercy on Thursday. President Tinubu…
Read More »Tinubu grants state pardon to Maryam Sanda, others convicted of capital offences
By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted a state pardon to Mrs. Maryam Sanda, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello — son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Haliru Bello. Sanda, arrested in November 2017 and sentenced…
Read More »Four soldiers killed, five injured as Troops, Boko Haram clash in Borno
At least four soldiers have been confirmed dead, while five others sustained injuries after Boko Haram terrorists launched a coordinated attack on a military post in Ngamdu, along the Damaturu–Maiduguri highway, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, in the early hours of Friday. The attack, which occurred around 2:30…
Read More »NDLEA open to dialogue on legalizing cannabis oil for medical use
By Deborah Nnamdi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has expressed readiness to engage in dialogue over the possible legalisation of cannabis oil in Nigeria, citing the need for evidence-based discussions on its medical and economic potential. Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, made this known on…
Read More »Uwazurike to lead peaceful protest for Nnamdi Kanu’s release
By Deborah Nnamdi Founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike, has declared his readiness to lead a peaceful protest in Abuja or any part of the country to demand the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of…
Read More »Nigeria’s economic reforms gaining momentum, but citizens yet to feel impact – World Bank
By Deborah Nnamdi The World Bank has commended Nigeria’s ongoing economic reforms under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, noting that they are beginning to yield positive macroeconomic results. However, it cautioned that the benefits have yet to translate into improved living conditions for most Nigerians. This was contained in the Bank’s…
Read More »Sanusi backs Tinubu’s reforms, cautions on spending, food imports
The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammad Sanusi II, has expressed broad support for President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, saying he agrees with about 80 percent of the administration’s direction but remains concerned about fiscal management and food importation. Speaking in an…
Read More »Nigeria growth steady, debt burden eases – World Bank
Photo: Minister of Finance Wale Edun By Douglas Maha, Abuja Nigeria’s public debt is set to fall below 40% of gross domestic product for the first time in more than a decade, the World Bank said on Wednesday, citing stronger growth, fiscal discipline and reforms. In its October Nigeria Development…
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