•Freed Sunday Jackson and Supreme Court A death row inmate, Mr Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Nigeria for self-defense earlier this year, is set to regain his freedom today after Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri granted him a pardon on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Justice, Afraimu Jingi, told […...
•Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State A farmer, Sunday Jackson, sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defense, has been granted pardon by Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. Recall that community leaders and the victim’s family have pleaded with the state governor to exercise his prerogative of m...
•Kwara State University convocation yesterday Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has warned parents against placing undue pressure on fresh graduates. He further urged them to allow their children time to navigate life after school. The governor gave the advice at the 13th convocation ceremony of Kwara State University, Malete, yes...
•Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State Six people have died, and others have been wounded in a road crash along the Lokoja–Okene road. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said the accident involved a bus carrying passengers returning from the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities held yesterday at the Govern...
•Gov Eno hosting the National President of the NUJ, Comrade Alhassan Yahya Abdul When public discourse becomes clouded by misinformation, it becomes the duty of right-thinking citizens to set the record straight. The recent claim by Mr Mojeed Misikilu of the International Press Institute (IPI) alleging “media repression” in Akwa Ibom State und...
•Governor Dauda Lawal and bandits Five policemen have been killed and one declared missing after armed bandits ambushed a police patrol team yesterday in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of Tsafe, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the police team was carrying out its [&h...
A busy California airport had no air traffic controllers yesterday evening, the state’s governor said, as the effects of a US government shutdown rippled across the country. Hollywood Burbank Airport, which connects Los Angeles to the rest of the country, was set to be without qualified staff in the control tower for around six hours, [&hellip...
•Tinubu and bandits It was not an interview. It was a private conversation, a rare moment of candour from a sitting governor who, in a hushed tone, admitted what many Nigerians dread to hear: insurgency and banditry may not end soon. The chat, which began on routine social issues, veered into the thorny subject of […]
•Governor Yusuf and CP Bakori Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has accused the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, of partisanship after the police command withdrew from the Independence Day anniversary parade held in Kano. Speaking during the event today, the governor described the action as an affront to the people of ...
•Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has decried the low participation of residents across the state in the Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Sule lamented about the situation today in Lafia, the state capital, during the official f...

