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By Dele Oyewale The Punch Editorial of October 30, 2025 on the anti- corruption fight in Nigeria lacks objectivity and adequate understanding of the issues involved in the fight against graft in Nigeria. The open caricature of the asset recovery efforts of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is particularly worrisome. Across the world, […]

The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad hoc committee to investigate growing concerns over excessive tax deductions from the earnings of civil and public servants, as well as multiple and unclear bank charges imposed on customers by deposit money banks. The committee, chaired by Rivers lawmaker Kelechi Nwogu, was inaugurated in Abuja on Thursday […]

As investigations into the foiled coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu’s administration continue, PREMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details on the identities of 16 senior military officers allegedly involved in the plot. Sources say the officers were detained amid speculation that the coup was linked to dissatisfaction over the low-key Independence Day celebrations on October […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not charge former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, with a $6 billion fraud. Agunloye stated this in a writ of summons filed before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, in a defamation suit marked FCT/HC/CV/1199/2024. The suit, filed by his counsel, Adeola […]

The Kano State government has dismissed a report by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, which listed it as a frontline violator of press freedom. Kano State Commissioner of Information and Internal Affairs, Abdullahi Ibrahim Wayas, in a press statement on Thursday, said that the report, titled “Shrinking Freedoms: 2024 Journalism and Civic Space […]

Human rights activist, Victor Giwa,Esq has challenged his continued trial before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a motion dated October 27, 2025, with motion number M/13799/205, Giwa alleged that his trial was pre-arranged by Asabe Waziri (the nominal complainant), Joe Agi, SAN, AIG Oyakhire Ekeinde (rtd.), former […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to clarify the legal framework under which its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is being tried. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPOB appealed to the NBA to provide professional guidance to the public on the applicable […]

The Corporate Affairs Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, reform, and efficient service delivery under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, amid what it described as growing acts of intimidation and false allegations targeting its Registrar-General, Hussaini Magaji. The commission, in a statement issued by its management on Thursday in Abuja, dismissed the allegations […]

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dr. Bernard Doro as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, concluding President Bola Tinubu’s latest cabinet reshuffle aimed at strengthening social welfare and inclusion programmes. Doro’s screening, which lasted less than 30 minutes, saw lawmakers express confidence in his leadership capacity and extensive experience. The Plateau State-born technocrat, […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the detention of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and four others arraigned for cyberbullying a serving Senator, Shehu Umar. Justice Rita Offili Ajumogobia directed that the defendants be kept at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Area 10, Abuja, until November 10, pending the determination of […]

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commercial Court has granted Access Bank Plc a judgment exceeding $220 million against Nigerian businessman Dr. Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka Orjiako, his wife Igra Orjiako, and eight BVI-registered companies linked to him. The ruling, delivered by Justice Indira Mithani on October 1, 2025, concludes a decade-long dispute over a defaulted oil […]

The ongoing military investigation into a purported coup plot has reportedly uncovered a trail of N45 billion allegedly disbursed from the accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to some politically exposed persons and detained soldiers, raising concerns over the potential misuse of public funds. Earlier reports by Sahara Reporters claimed that 16 Nigerian […]