Senator Aliyu Magatakardan Wamakko, representing Sokoto North senatorial district, has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from the Sokoto Correctional Center. Wamakko who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption Committee said the move was a step in his initiative for an annual gesture extended to the beneficiaries during the last 10 days of every Ramadan. In a Press Release by the Special Assistant...

The pardon granted by Nigeria Council of State to former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as other politicians convicted by the courts for corruption has been condemned by Civil society Organisations (CSOs) in the country. Senator Dariye and Nyame were both imprisoned for looting N1.16 billion and N1.6 billion from coffers of their respective states, but were pardoned by the council of state chaired by President Muhammadu...

The Federal Government has vowed to get justice for the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu. The acclaimed gospel singer was alleged to have been a silent victim of domestic assault by Peter Nwachukwu, her now-embattled husband. Following the nationwide uproar elicited by her death, Dame Pauline Tallen, minister of women’s affairs, in a statement issued on Monday assured Nigerians that the husband of the late gospel artiste, if found to be complicit in her...

ASABA — The Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa and three others have slammed an N1 billion lawsuit against Linda Ikeji, a popular Nigerian blogger for defamation and libel. The suit with number EHC/210/2021 at the Delta State High Court holden at Effurun Court 2, Delta State, had the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, Olorogun Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke as claimants with Linda Ikeji as the sole defendant. The Claimants...