Prof. Udenta Udenta, a fellow at the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, says that Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, should not be held in jail forever while the investigation is going on.

Udenta said this on Wednesday during an interview on the Arise Television show “Prime Time.”

He said they should leave El-Rufai alone and that the former governor is innocent until proven guilty. They can still do their investigations without him being in jail.

The professor also said that they could take El-Rufai’s passport and keep him from moving around.

“You can’t keep a man in jail forever while you’re looking into something. “That’s not fair,” he said.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has had El-Rufai in their custody since he got back from Egypt.

He was accused of wiretapping the office of Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), and later taken to another court in Kaduna State.

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The Federal Government has told the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to take back and cancel the passports of people who have officially given up their Nigerian citizenship.

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the order, saying that it only applies to people whose renunciation had been officially approved by the President.

“The Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has told the Nigeria Immigration Service to immediately take back and deactivate the passports of Nigerians who have given up their citizenship but still have the documents.

“This order only applies to people whose requests to give up their citizenship have been formally approved by the President.

The Minister stressed that the Ministry of Interior, which is responsible for protecting the integrity of citizenship, gets its power from Section 29, subsections (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which say:

Any adult Nigerian who wants to give up their citizenship must do so in the way that is required for the renunciation.

“The President shall cause the declaration made under subsection (1) of this section to be registered and upon such registration, the person who made the declaration shall cease to be a citizen of Nigeria.

“He also said that once someone stops being a citizen of Nigeria, they can’t have any official documents from the country, like a Nigerian passport.”

The Minister also said that this order is in line with the Ministry’s ongoing efforts to improve passports and visas in recent years.

“We will keep making systems stronger that protect Nigeria’s borders, stop identity theft, protect the integrity of Nigerian citizenship, and make it easier for people to travel legally while keeping out people who shouldn’t be there,” it said.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the police are looking into claims of fraud and forgery against Blessing CEO.

Punch was told by the Delta State Police Command that they had received a complaint about the issue and were looking into the claims.

This comes after claims that the influencer made up a cancer diagnosis and used a fake medical report to get donations from the public.

Edefa Bright, the Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State, told the publication mentioned above, “We acknowledge the petitions; we are waiting for the complainants to come and give us their statement.” After that, we will look into it.

Dele Oyewale, the Head of Media and Publicity at the EFCC, said the same thing: “There was a petition submitted; we received it, and we are going to look into it.” Our next steps will depend on what we find.

Okoro’s claims that she was fighting cancer caused a lot of controversy. Many of her followers felt sorry for her and supported her.

However, her claims were not consistent, which led to a lot of criticism and doubt about the accuracy of the diagnosis.

The Nigerian Medical Association in Delta State said that the histology report that was linked to her was not real. They said that Xinus Medical Diagnostics in Asaba gave it to Deborah Mbara, a breast cancer survivor, on May 9, 2025, after she was sent there for a second opinion on her breast cancer.

Later, Mbara said that the influencer had changed her medical report to get donations from people.

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