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The Nigerian Immigration Service in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the deportation of some of the foreign nationals recently convicted by the court following their arrest for cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. The Commission confirmed that 42 out of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted by the Federal High Court, Lagos were deported back to their home countries on Sunday. They added that […]

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, PETER OBI, has urged his supporters to back the candidates of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, during the forthcoming by-elections across some states in the country. OBI, in a post on his X handle, told his supporters not to vote for the Labour Party because it has no recognized candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, due to the lingering internal crisis. The bye elections will […]

The Federal Government says about 67 per cent of inmates in correctional facilities across the country are awaiting trial The Minister of Interior, OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO, who made this revelation yesterday while answering questions during an interview,  maintained that robust synergy between the federal and state governments is key to improving correctional services. Recall that the minister had, in July, said that the Federal Government had released 4,550 offenders, as part of […]

President BOLA TINUBU will today depart Abuja for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil, with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Presidential spokesman, BAYO ONANUGA,disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying that the President’s first stop would be at Japan, for the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama from August 20 to 22.  ONANUGA stated that TICAD9 With the theme, “Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa’,  would focus […]