•Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State The Gaba Development Association in Lavun Local Council of Niger State has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the recent state pardon granted to eleven individuals sentenced to death by Justice Maimuna A. Abubakar of the Niger State High Court for the culpable homicide of seven unarmed members of the Gaba...
•Prisoners Nigeria’s correctional facilities (Prisons) have long been criticised for their deplorable conditions, with many inmates emerging worse than they entered. Rather than rehabilitate, these prisons have become death traps where hunger, disease, and brutality reign, reports Saturday Independent. Freed inmates recount horrifying experien...
•Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has announced the pardon of 43 convicts in Ondo State. The governor made the announcement during his speech shortly after his inauguration today, reports Channels TV. Speaking after taking his oath of office, Aiyedatiwa said, “Before I begin my address let me quickly make this re...
•Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri A Bayelsa State High Court has convicted Governor Duoye Diri’s Senior Special Assistant on General Duties, Mr Prudent Oguruguru, of charges of assault. Oguruguru was arrested on February 20, 2024 for allegedly assaulting one Ubong Effiong Ubek at Agudama-Epie in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa S...
•Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa has granted amnesty to 117 convicts currently serving various prison terms in the state. In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, today, Aiyedatiwa’s gesture was a transformative decision aimed at reforming the lives...
•Sri Lanka President, Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka’s top court found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “unlawful conduct” today for indefinitely delaying local polls seen as an unofficial referendum on his handling of the economy. Since Wickremesinghe enjoys immunity while in office, the judgement carries no immediate legal consequenc...
•Bobrisky The Federal High Court in Lagos today convicted controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky for abusing the Naira. Justice Abimbola Awogboro convicted him after the review of the facts of the case, reports The PUNCH. In his allocutus, Bobrisky told the court that he was not aware of the law on abusing [&he...
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