January 16, 2023
Nigeria: Anxiety Mounts As Mass Retirement Looms in Police
The effective monitoring of the general election commencing on February 25, 2023, is being threatened by the imminent retirement of over 300 senior police officers. Read more »
Nigeria: CBN Tightens Noose On Money Launderers, Terrorism Financiers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled an Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction… Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Seizes 3.2m Tramadol Pills, Other Drugs Worth N5bn in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted another tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion from a… Read more »
Nigeria: Soludo's Bold Move for Kanu's Release Amid Restive Peace in South East
David-Chyddy Eleke examines the move made weekend by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state to stand surety for detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr… Read more »
January 15, 2023
Nigeria: Emefiele - Six Senior Lawyers Write AGF, Warn DSS Against Disrespecting Court Orders
A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, and five other Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned the Department of State Services (DSS) against… Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Theft - Investigative Panel Vows to Expose Perpetrators
The Chairman of the Special Investigative Panel on Crude Oil Theft/Losses, Maj Gen Barry Ndiomu (rtd), has said that the panel will not be afraid to identify and expose those… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Nigeria: 'If the Patient Dies, Kill the Doctor'
Monday's statement by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that one of its members, Uyi Iluobe, was murdered by relatives of his patient at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State is a… Read more »
January 04, 2023
Nigeria: NNPP National Chairman Advises Parties, Candidates to Accept Outcomes of Elections
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufa'i Ahmed Alkali yesterday charged political parties and their presidential candidates to accept the outcome… Read more »
January 03, 2023
Nigeria: Emefiele's Alleged Terrorism Funding - Southern, Middle Belt Leaders Demand Buhari's Intervention
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders' Forum (SMBLF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put his house in order and save the country from, "repeated, unwarranted national… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Nigeria: State Security, Others Stopped From Arresting Central Bank Chief for Terror Funding
Justice M. A. Hassan of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the State Security Service (SSS) and four others from arresting or detaining the Central… Read more »
December 30, 2022
Nigeria: Court Bars DSS From Inviting, Arresting, Detaining, Prosecuting Emefiele
Justice M. A. Hassan of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the State Security Service (SSS) also known as the Department of State Services (DSS) and… Read more »
Nigeria: Bolanle Raheem and Matters Arising
Zayd Ibn Isah writes Raheem's death is one too many. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria and Nightmare of Needless Deaths
Every year in Nigeria, many people lose their lives rather needlessly. To curb this epidemic of needless and endless deaths, the government must improve on the amount of safety… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Nigeria: Court Restrains DSS, Others From Arresting Emefiele Over Alleged Terrorism Financing
Justice M. A. Hassan of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the Department of State Services (DSS) and four others from arresting or detaining the… Read more »
Nigeria: Commission Opens Bids for Forfeited Properties in 13 States
-Bidders to pay 10% of price Read more »
December 28, 2022
Nigeria: Again, Bandits Attack Kaduna Community, Abduct 16
Sixteen people have been reportedly abducted in yet another attack on Angwa Pa community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the area said the incident… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari Condemns Killing of Omobolanle Raheem By Policeman in Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned condemned the "heinous and senseless" killing of a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Omobolanle Raheem, in Lagos by on-duty… Read more »
December 24, 2022
Nigeria: Oil Spills - Shell Set to Pay $16M Compensation to Niger Delta Farmers
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) yesterday announced that it would pay €15 million to farmers in three Niger Delta communities as compensation for damages to their… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Bandits Attack Community, Kill One, Abduct 45 in Kaduna
One person was reportedly killed while 45 others were said to have been abducted in an attack by bandits on Angwan Aku community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Nigeria: Court Sentences Okupe to 2 Years Imprisonment With Option of N13m Fine
Justice Ijeoma Ojuwku of the Federal High Court Abuja, has sentenced, Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Nigeria: Whistle Blowing Policy Has Lost Steam, Govt Declares
The federal government has assessed its six-year old Whistle Blowing Policy with a declaration that the policy has not performed up to expectation. Read more »
Nigeria: Advertising Regulation - Govt Tackles Skit Makers, Influencers
Less than two months after the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) filed a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp,… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Nigeria: Sale of Forfeited Assets By EFCC Opens in Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said the ongoing sale of forfeited assets by the commission through public auction, which began on December 6, 2022,… Read more »
December 04, 2022
Nigeria: Terrorists Invade Mosque, Shoot Imam, Abduct 18 Worshippers in Katsina
No fewer than 18 worshippers were abducted by gunmen suspected to be terrorists on Saturday evening in a mosque in Maigamji village in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Nigeria: 90% of Die-Hard Boko Haram Fighters Dead, Govt Declares
The Borno State Government, yesterday, said 90 per cent of die-hard Boko Haram insurgents were dead just as it attributed the mass surrender of members of the sect to the death of… Read more »