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A new report of the Nigerian corrective service has revealed that over 66 % of prisoners in the country’s correction centers are still awaiting trial, raising new concerns about prolonged and delayed justice detention. As of July 14, 2025, the total number of prisoners throughout the country was 81,950, but only 28,155 were sentenced. The remaining 53,795 – including 52,378 …

The office of the Prosecutor General and the Minister of Justice denied a report of the newspaper on this day of 17 July 2025 and arising TV, suggesting that 25 % of First Bank Holdings (First Holdco) shares were transferred to the trustee of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). Special assistant of the President for communication and advertising, the …

Caa Africa U18/U20 Athletics Championship: NSOLS announces ₦ 1 million for gold, ₦ 750k for silver and ₦ 500k for bronze_ Abeokuta (Core Reporter) National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced cash prizes of ₦ 1,000,000 for each gold medal, ₦ 750,000 for silver and ₦ 500,000 for bronze medals won by the Nigeria Athletes teams at the Caa Africa U18/U20 …

The Governor on Monday Okpebholo of the state of Edo warned the presidential candidate of the 2023 Labor Party (LP), Peter Obi, not to visit the South-South state without informing him.Okpebholo said he could no longer guarantee Obi’s security in the state.“His security cannot be guaranteed. We are serious. Whatever happens to him when he arrives in Edo’s state, he …

An self-acclaimed evangelical musician and eight other people have been sentenced and sentenced to various terms of prison by the courts in the state of Kwara for their involvement in cyber crimes. The commission for economic and financial crimes (EFCC), through its Zonal Directorate of Ilorin, obtained the convictions both at the Federal High Court and on the high court …

President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, son of the former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, as the new president of the Agriculture Bank. The appointment was announced on Friday in a declaration signed by the Special Consultant of the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Muhammad Babangida, 53 years old, obtained a degree in Business …

CCL: Govt assures Bayelsa Queens of maximum support The State Government of Yenogoa (Core Reporter) Bayelsa says that Bayelsa will give to Queens any support necessary to ensure that the club becomes the first team in Nigeria to lift the Caf Women’s Champions League. The deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, gave the certainty of a meeting with players, coaches and …

Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and the Director of the Leadway Assurance group, Tunde Hassan-Production, had dismantled the total combination of 10.7 billion shares they held in the first holding company for the ongoing cases in court. The first parent company confirmed sales in the disclosure of companies sent to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) by the Corporate …

The Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), The State of Ondo, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adenils, has been assassinated by attackers still to be identified, throwing the university community in mourning. Adeniran, who assumed the assignment as a third substantial register of the institution on January 6, 2025, was found dead in his residence in the city of Ondo …

NSC DG guides the Caa delegation during the courtesy visit to Obasanjo in view of the U18/U20 athletic championship The general manager of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, on Monday he conducted a high -level delegation of the Confederation of African athletics (CAA) to make a courtesy visit to the former president OlusaGun Obasanjo at the Obasanjo …