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Over 4,000 prisoners are being kept in detention facilities around the nation, according to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, because they are unable to pay penalties that have been imposed on them by magistrates and courts. He expressed his regret that more than 70% of the people housed in the country’s detention facilities are awaiting trial at this time. He pointed out that if non-custodial alternatives as outlined in the Correctional Service Act are investigated, the...

The items distributed by the federal government to cushion the impact of the high cost of fuel have reportedly been stolen in many states of the federation, worsening the situation of vulnerable Nigerians as they struggle with a high cost of living as a result of the administration’s removal of fuel subsidies. Several of the products sent by the government to relieve the suffering of Nigerians have already been taken over by high-ranking government officials...

Muhyi Rimingado, the head of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, is under investigation by the Code of Conduct Bureau. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has called the Kano anti-graft agency’s Director of Finance to Abuja to provide the agency with pertinent transactions involving Rimingado. A letter of invitation dated August 8, 2023 and signed by the acting deputy director, Cybercrime and other related crimes, EFCC, Muhtar Bello, which our reporter saw, stated...