No fewer than 66 inmates serving various prison terms at the Maiduguri Maximum Custodial Centre were granted state and partial pardons by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The governor also commuted death sentences to life imprisonment and reduced jail terms for other inmates. Zulum made the announcement during a visit to the facility, explained that the decision followed recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy and pledged continued support for...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has reaffirmed his administration’s resolve to restore electricity supply to Northern Adamawa communities affected by insurgency resulting in disconnection of power supply from public source. Governor Fintiri who stated this on Friday in Gulak, Madagali local government area, emphasized that substantial efforts are already underway to reconnect affected local government areas to the national grid. The areas targeted for power restoration include Madagali, Michika, and parts of Hong...

In just two years as President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has seen a growing number of major public landmarks in Nigeria’s capital city renamed in his honour. Since taking office in May 2023, at least six prominent institutions in the Federal Capital Territory have either been named or renamed after the President. From military barracks and tertiary institutions to research centres and roads, the capital is quickly filling up with structures that now bear the Tinubu...

…Confers National Honours on Soyinka, Onanuga, 64 Others During a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday to mark this year’s Democracy Day, President Bola Tinubu paid glowing tribute to the heroes of Nigeria’s democratic struggle, including Chief MKO Abiola, GCFR, Kudirat Abiola, Chief Anthony Enahoro, CFR, among others. The President also dismissed speculations of a one-party agenda under his leadership and conferred national honours on several late and living icons who played defining...

Eminent Nigerians, Governors, political leaders, leaders of thought, in collaboration with June 12 Pro-Democracy Movement of Nigeria will at its annual agenda setting national dialogue, deliberate on the future of Nigeria, under the Theme: June 12: Democracy Without A Democratic Constitution: Which Way For Nigeria?, to commemorate the 32nd Democracy Day Anniversary. A press statement on Wednesday signed by Prof Anthony Kila, on behalf of the Conveners, Nigeria’s Democracy Day Dialogue, noted that the event...

President Bola Tinubu has extended an open invitation to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), even though the former Rivers State governor is currently not a card-carrying member of the ruling party. The President made the comment on Wednesday while inaugurating several road projects in Abuja, including the link between Arterial Road N16 and Arterial Road N20 in the Katampe District. Praising Wike’s performance...

Chess champion Tunde Onakoya, has responded to widespread criticism following his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu. In a statement shared on X, Onakoya said the meeting was not political but a moment of national recognition. The young chess prodigy, who recently earned a Guinness World Record and was celebrated by the City of New York, said meeting the President should not be seen as a betrayal or political move. “To be honoured and received...