The family of detained businessman Ufoma Joseph Immanuel has petitioned President Bola Tinubu, alleging he is being ill-treated in custody and chained to a hospital bed, with his life under threat. Immanuel is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a disputed $1.5 million oil deal. According to the Daily Post, the family spoke through a civil society organisation, the Initiative, raising alarm over his detention conditions and calling for intervention in the case.

The late Chief Joseph Folahan Odunjo's allegory is said to reflect the current national scandal involving Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, and Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is reportedly self-appointed as the Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. The situation highlights the controversy surrounding these figures in Nigerian politics.

Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for President Bola Tinubu to resign after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claimed that Nigeria did not account for certain public spending in its recent budgets. Christian Ebeke, the IMF’s resident representative in Nigeria, made this assertion on Wednesday, highlighting issues with off-budget expenditures.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed concern regarding the ongoing detention of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. He criticized President Bola Tinubu for comments made by spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, which suggested that there is no hunger in Nigeria. Atiku warned against what he termed indirect denial of bail for El-Rufai, highlighting the implications of such actions.

Paul Ibe, a media aide to Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu's administration for allegedly harassing former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, who has been in detention for 126 days. Ibe claims that El-Rufai's detention is a form of intimidation due to his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Nigeria's Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has addressed reports alleging that the country is charging extra fees for Nigerian passports issued in the United Kingdom. According to Legit.ng, the minister, who serves under President Bola Tinubu, broke his silence on the matter, though specific details of his response were not provided in the report's summary. The story centres on clarifying whether additional charges apply to passport services for Nigerians in the UK.