Following public outcry, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has made adjustments to the presidential pardon list, such as Maryam Sanda’s sentence has been reduced to 12 years’ imprisonment and also the reversal of clemency granted to several drug offenders, arms dealers, and other convicts.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has trailed to Oyigbo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and arrested one Innocent Chukwuma, who used his social media handle to rally the military to overthrow the current government.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided Proxy Nightclub, Lagos, where Lagos socialite and nightclub owner Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, was arrested along with former Big Brother Naija housemate Tuoyo Ideh and more than 100 guests.

Activist Omoyele Sowore was reportedly re-arrested by the Nigerian Police on Friday, shortly after a Kuje Magistrate Court granted him bail. Sources say the re-arrest happened while Sowore’s lawyers were completing his bail formalities alongside 13 others detained during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest.

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the $460 million Chinese loan obtained by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010 for the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in key areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The project was intended to boost security in Abuja but was never executed.

President Bola Tinubu has stated that his administration cannot be accused of shielding any individual or group from facing legal consequences due to political ties, nor of obstructing crime investigations or prosecutions. He emphasized that his government neither harbors laws that protect wrongdoers nor engages in concealing anyone’s involvement in criminal activities.