The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an estate developer, Christopher Oladunjoye, along with Augustine Agodi and Ovie Goru, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, over alleged involvement in fraudulent transactions totalling ₦1.8billion. The 33-year-old Oladunjoye and his co-defendants appeared in

The Adamawa State Government has again come under public scrutiny after the State Executive Council, chaired by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, approved contracts totaling N5.379 billion for the renovation and upgrading of government facilities, including the Presidential Lodge, the State Civil Service Commission, and the Abuja Liaison Office. The approvals, made during the council’s 20th

The Community Outreach for Development and Welfare Advocacy (CODWA) has condemned the repeated arrests and detentions of human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, describing the government’s actions as “a sore of the nation.” In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Taiwo Omoniyi Otitolaye, and released on Friday, CODWA expressed deep concern

The African Action Congress (AAC) has condemned the re-arrest of its National Chairman, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigeria Police Force, describing it as a blatant act of “selective justice” and “hypocrisy”. The party, in a statement on Friday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Femi Adeyeye, demands Sowore’s immediate release, along with 13 other activists

Tension erupted on Friday at the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja when heavily armed police officers violently disrupted court proceedings, attacking human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, several lawyers, and even a food vendor in an attempt to rearrest the activist. Eyewitnesses told SaharaReporters that more than 50 armed officers surrounded the court premises, mounted roadblocks,

Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration for what he described as an unfair concentration of port development projects in Lagos, warning that such an approach undermines national equity and economic balance. Obi, in a statement titled “The Imperative of Diversifying Port Development in Nigeria,” and issued on Friday,

The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a 29-year-old master’s degree student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), following a formal criminal complaint filed against him. Mokwa, who is known for his public criticism of Governor Umar Bago’s administration, was arrested after referring to the governor as “Governor

The day Salis Manaja, a multimedia journalist with Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, regained his freedom from kidnappers, about 40 other persons were reportedly abducted along the Benue–Kogi corridor. The journalist was released on Wednesday. Manaja was among 25 passengers earlier kidnapped by gunmen while travelling from Abakaliki, Ebonyi

   

The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been hit by yet another integrity scandal as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate and prosecute the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha, over alleged forgery of election results from 62 polling