January 27, 2023
Nigeria: Casting Stone
Exchange of aspersions by leading presidential campaigns suggests deliberate avoidance of issues, writes BOLAJI ADEBIYI Read more »
Nigeria: Youth Group Backs CBN's Currency Redesign Policy
* Calls for an end to Emefiele's harassment Read more »
Nigeria: U.S and Imposition of Visa Restrictions Over Nigerian Polls
Chido Nwangwu writes about the recent move by the United States government to make good its plan to impose visa restrictions on individuals found undermining the 2023 general… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorism, Money Laundering - House Moves to Regulate International Donor Agencies
*Steps down passage of Buhari's ways and means request Read more »
Nigeria: Siasia Loses Suit Seeking to Upturn FIFA Ban in U.S.
Samson Siasia's hope of overturning his five-year ban for alleged match fixing by FIFA suffered hiccups on Thursday as a U.S appeals court has dismissed the case. Read more »
January 25, 2023
Nigeria: Prison Congestion and Criminal Justice
There is need to overhaul the country's criminal justice system Read more »
Nigeria: Questions for INEC Before the First Ballot
Chima Christian urges all to interrogate the processes that INEC relies on to process the voting decisions. Read more »
January 24, 2023
Nigeria: NAFDAC Destroys N95bn Worth of Banned Tramadol in Cotonou
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has disclosed that its enforcement team working in collaboration with the government of the Republic of… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Nigeria: Despite Tightened Security, Illicit Goods Floods Lagos Airport Cargo Terminal
Despite the close monitoring, tightened scrutiny and investigations to boost security around the airport, the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Nigeria: Emefiele Appeals Against Summon in $53m Judgement Debt Suit
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has appealed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which compelled him to appear before the… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Nigeria: Several Millions Lost As Fire Razes Building in Kwara
Property worth several millions of Naira was destroyed on Sunday in Ilorin when fire gutted seven out of 10 rooms of a residential building at Loju Community in Ilorin West Local… Read more »
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 »