The ECOWAS court of justice in Abuja has on Friday ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo N30 million as compensation for “ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in Cross River State.” The judgment was following a suit brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the federal government and Cross River State government over prolonged, arbitrary detention, unfair persecution, and sham trial of Jalingo.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill that prohibits the media parade of suspects by the police. This bill is an amendment to the Criminal Justice Law of the State. Several lawyers, human rights activists and civil society organisations have called for an end to media parade for suspects saying it does not protect the human rights of suspects.

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has said the Yoruba Nation rally scheduled to hold on Saturday in Lagos will take place as planned despite the raid on his residence by personnel of the Department of States Services (DSS). However, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has warned Igboho and other organizers against carrying out any rally in Lagos.

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested and extradited from the United Kingdom (UK). This was announced by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) in a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, saying Kanu was brought back to Nigeria on Sunday.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has disclosed that on July 6, the former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, would be arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja regarding his involvement in an alleged N900 million fraud.

A deadly militant group in the Niger Delta region known as the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has threatened to crash the country's economy sending it to permanent recession as released in a statement on its website on 26th June 2021.