Legal

    The Federal Government has clarified that no inmate has been released under the recent Presidential Prerogative of Mercy exercise, noting that the process is still undergoing final administrative review.   PUNCH Online reported that President Bola Tinubu recently granted a pardon to Sir Herbert Macaulay, as well as ...

    The Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State has issued new operational guidelines for commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators, banning the use of face masks while on duty.   According to a statement signed and released by the Secretary of the Local Government Council, Hon. Raymond Overah, the ...

    Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has dismissed reports that the Ministry demanded payments from property owners to stop the demolition of houses at Oral Estate, Ikota.   The commissioner was reacting to a viral video wherein a woman was heard saying Wahab ...

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has shut two Chinese supermarkets located in the Jabi District and eight cosmetics shops at Wuse Market, Abuja, for flagrant violations of extant laws governing the sale, distribution, and labelling of regulated products in Nigeria.   NAFDAC disclosed ...

    The internal crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party took a dramatic turn on Friday as the party’s National Executive Committee dissolved the National Working Committee led by the suspended National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, over the lingering crisis rocking the party.   The decision was announced at an emergency ...

  Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived London on President Bola Tinubu’s directive following the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari.   Shettima arrived London on Monday morning in the company of the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.   He was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf ...

  The Katsina State Government has declared Monday, July 14, 2025, as a work-free day to honour the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London on Sunday.   The declaration was made in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Garba Faskari, on Sunday ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it will open its portal for online Continuous Voter Registration in Akwa Ibom State on August 18, 2025, ahead of the 2027 general elections.   The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Obo Effanga, made this known on Wednesday during his ...

  The legal team representing Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Wednesday raised the alarm over what it described as a disturbing pattern of selective justice, following the Federal Government’s decision to file criminal charges against her despite multiple unresolved petitions she lodged earlier this year.   In a statement released by ...

  Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has dismissed the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cyprian Akaolisa, with immediate effect.   No official reason was provided for the announcement, which was made public on Monday afternoon by the Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation, and Strategy, Chief Declan Emelumba.   ...