May 24, 2023
Nigeria: Police Rescue 10 Victims From Kidnappers in Benue
The Benue State Police Commissioner, Mr Okoro Alawari, who assumed duty recently has disclosed that the command has rescued the Chief Medical Director of Hope Clinic, Makurdi and… Read more »
Nigeria: Lawmakers Express Displeasure Over Oil Companies' CEOs Evasion of Alleged $2.4bn Missing Crude Probe
The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating all crude oil exports from 2014 till date and the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil resulting in… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Nigeria: U.S.-Based Nigerian Doctor Asks Supreme Court to Delay Tinubu's Inauguration
A United State based medical doctor and presidential aspirant of African Renaissance Party (ARP) in the 2011 presidential election, Dr Adah Obekpa has approached the Supreme Court… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Nigeria: Court Declines Atiku's Request for Live Broadcast of Proceedings
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) on Monday declined to grant the request of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for live… Read more »
Nigeria: Seplat Drags Justice Ekwo Before NJC for Unethical, Abuse of Judicial Power
Two weeks after Seplat Energy Plc accused Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja of bias and asked the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, to transfer all… Read more »
Nigeria: Despite #EndSARS Protest, Police Brutality Persists
Sunday Ehigiator writes that even as the ghost of the 2020 #EndSARS protest, that rocked the fabric of the nation, still hovers, police brutality still persists and has even… Read more »
May 20, 2023
Nigeria: Insecurity During My Tenure Gave Me Sleepless Nights - Ex-Leader Jonathan
Eight years after leaving office, former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he lost sleep over the insecurity that pervaded the country during his tenure. Read more »
May 19, 2023
Nigeria: U.S.$396m Needed to Avert Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in North-East - UN
The United Nations (UN) has said $396 million is urgently needed to salvage a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the nation's North-east. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Nigeria: Police Release Names of Victims of U.S. Embassy Convoy Attack, Say 2 Suspects Arrested
Anambra State police command said it had raided a camp occupied by hoodlums operating in Ogbaru Local Government Area, and arrested two persons, in connection with Tuesday attack… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Nigeria: Killers of U.S. Embassy Staff, Policemen, Others Will Be Brought to Justice - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen… Read more »
May 15, 2023
Nigeria: Malami, 36 States' AGs, NBA to Agree On New Remuneration for Lawyers
Worried by the harsh economic environment in the country, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday, inaugurated the… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Nigeria: Seun Kuti - Lawyer Fumes, Says Parade, Handcuff On Singer Illegal
Lawyer to the embattled popular Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti, yesterday, fumed and described as illegal the handcuffing and parading of the singer after he submitted himself to the… Read more »
May 14, 2023
Nigeria: Sharia Law Won't Be Incorporated Into Traffic Regulations - FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that Sharia law will not be introduced in the enforcement of traffic regulations. Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC, Security Agencies Impound 1,000-Tonne Barge in Fight Against Oil Theft
The collaboration between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), federal security agencies, and Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, owned by Government… Read more »
Nigeria: IG Orders Arrest of Fela Kuti's Son, Seun, for Assaulting Policeman
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Baba, last night, ordered the arrest of Afrobeat Singer, Seun Kuti for assaulting a police officer. Read more »
May 12, 2023
Nigeria: Ekweremadu - a Shame to UK and Nigeria
Victor C. Ariole argues treatment meted to Ike Ekweremadu is unfortunate Read more »
May 10, 2023
Nigeria: Court Bars NBC From Imposing Fines On Broadcast Stations in Nigeria
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines henceforth on broadcast… Read more »
Nigeria: $382,000 Bitcoin Scam - 'How Suspected Fraudster Duped His Victims From 13 Countries'
At a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, a 1st prosecution witness in the trial of Eze Harrison Arinze, has told Justice J. K. Omotosho how Arinze received $382,000 worth of… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Nigeria: Disregard IPOB's Prolonged Sit-At-Home Order, Police Tell Ebonyi Residents
The Police Command in Ebonyi yesterday urged residents in the state to discountenance the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) scheduled from May 8 through… Read more »
May 06, 2023
Nigeria: Organ Trafficking - UK Court Jails Ekweremadu 10 Years
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu was yesterday handed a nine years and eight months jail term for organ trafficking by the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey,… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Nigeria: Kinsmen, Beneficiaries Plead for Ekweremadu, Urge UK Govt to Have Mercy
As Nigerians around the world await with bated breath the pronouncement of sentence by the UK Court on former Deputy President of the the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu; his wife,… Read more »
Nigeria: Hearing in Nnamdi Kanu's Request for Release of Medical Records Adjourned to May 22
Hearing in an application for an order of mandamus compelling the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the medical records of the detained leader of the proscribed… Read more »
May 03, 2023
Nigeria: Organ Harvesting - Senate Pleads for Clemency, As London Court Set to Sentence Ekweremadu
The Senate on Tuesday appealed to the United Kingdom government for clemency as a UK court prepares to sentence Nigeria's former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his… Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged $1.3m Fraud - EFCC Stalls Trial of Business Mogul's Case
The absence of prosecution witnesses yesterday stalled the trial of a business mogul, Mr. Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, before a Kano Federal High Court over alleged $1.3 million… Read more »
May 02, 2023
Nigeria: Current Upgrading of Nigeria's Military Will Make It a Force of Global Reckoning - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that the current repositioning of the military, through training, networking and equipping, will turn it into a force of global reckoning. Read more »