In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s order to decongest custodial centers in the country, the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, has freed 167 inmates across the five custodial centers in the state. The Chief Judge pardoned the inmates during an official visit to the custodial centres in Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa and Keffi local government areas of the state. Justice Bashir-Aliyu rounding off a tour of Correctional facilities in Lafia on Thursday said...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has debunked rumors that the country is discussing with foreign countries the establishment of foreign military bases in some parts of the country. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation in a statement made it categorically that the government has had no such discussions or proposals and urged the public to disregard the rumors, describing the claims as false. Idris said the government’s statement aims to dispel misinformation and assure...