March 05
Nigeria: Binance Executives Arrested Upon Arrival in Nigeria, Still in NSA Custody - Lawyer Tells Reps
The House of Representatives has called for the arrest of top executives of Binance Holdings Limited due to allegations that the cryptocurrency exchange platform is taking… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Community Cries Out Over Land Grabbers' Attack
Many residents of Itamarun village in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, suffered injuries when hoodlums stormed the community and ordered them to vacate. Read more »
March 01
Nigeria: Kogi Governorship Tribunal Adjourns to March 4
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja adjourned until March 4 hearing in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) and its governorship… Read more »
February 29
Nigeria: Suspend Everything - Face Security, Food, Anambra LP Lawmakers Tell Tinubu
*Donate six months salaries to feed their constituents Read more »
March 01
Nigeria: Otti Denies Suing Tinubu, FG Over Denial of Permission to Build Seaport in Abia
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia State, has debunked media reports claiming that he sued President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the Federal Government. Read more »
February 29
Nigeria: Bandits Kidnap Over 40 Worshippers in Zamfara Community
No fewer than forty (40) Worshippers have been abducted by the armed bandits in one of the mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarter of Tsafe local government areas of Zamfara state. Read more »
February 28
Nigeria: Pastor Arrested for Flogging Pregnant Teachers in Delta
The pastor of Kingdom Life Charismatic Church, Ekama Maxwell, has been arrested by the Nigerian Police Force in Sapele, Delta State, for allegedly assaulting two pregnant teachers. Read more »
February 26
Nigeria: Nigerian Nurses Drag Nmcn to Court Over a Controversial Circular
..demand N5million compensation Read more »
Nigeria: Adumein - Unsung Warrior Goes to the Supreme Court, By Owei Lakemfa
Justice Moore Abraham Aseimo Adumein is one of the eleven new Justices of the Supreme Court to be sworn-in today, February 26, 2024. Some who knew him, in his younger days,… Read more »
February 22
Nigeria: Katsina Police Neutralise Bandits, Recover 332 Stolen Animals
The Katsina State Police Command says its operatives successfully raided a bandits' camp and recovered 332 suspected rustled animals. Read more »
February 20
Nigeria: Kidnappers Abduct 9 Jehovah Witnesses in Kogi, Demand N30m Ransom
Nine travellers on Kabba-Lokoja Road in Kogi State have been kidnapped. Read more »
February 19
Nigeria: Court Sentences Man to Death By Hanging for Killing 11-Yr-Old Girl in Ogun
An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Azeez Akinpelu to death by hanging for killing an eleven-year-old girl,… Read more »
February 20
Nigeria: The Argument for State Police
THE chicken is coming home to roost at last. For the first time ever, the political leadership of this country has flashed the green light over the idea of decentralising the… Read more »
February 16
Nigeria: 'It's Time for Reasoning to Prevail' - - Sowore Demands Release of Nnamdi Kanu
The candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, Omoyele Sowore, has restated his call for the release of the detained leader of the… Read more »
February 15
Nigeria: 'Why New S'court Justices Can't Resume Now'
In this report, Vanguard's Law & Human Rights digs out factors responsible for the delay in the inauguration of 11 new justices of the Supreme Court almost two full months… Read more »
Nigeria: Avoid Actions Injurious to Your Bail, Court Warns 20 Ex-Ptd Leaders
An FCT High Court has warned 20 former leaders of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, charged with… Read more »
Nigeria: How Delta Task Force Member Allegedly Strangled Keke Rider in Sapele
A member of Delta State Revenue Task Force team, Tunde, popularly known as Osama has allegedly strangled a Keke rider, Augustine Williams, during a heated argument over ticket levy… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Withdraws Treasonable Felony Charge Against Sowore
The Federal Government has applied to withdraw the treasonable felony charge that the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government filed against a civil rights activist and… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu, Govs Mull Establishment of State Police
Meet to further fine-tune modalities Read more »
February 14
Nigeria: FG Makes U-Turn, Says UK Lawyers Can't Practise in Nigeria
The Federal Government has made a U-turn on its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest 400 Suspects in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested about 400 suspected persons in various black spots last month. Read more »
February 12
Nigeria: Adeleke Constitutes Committee to Resolve Osun Jusun Strike
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has set up a seven-man committee to resolve the ongoing strike by the state branch of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Abduct Man, His Two Wives, Set Houses Ablaze in Katsina
Again, a wave of violence on Monday swept through Katsina State, leaving two communities reeling from separate attacks by armed bandits. Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Hisbah Seizes 8,600 Bottles of Beer, Arrests 15 for Prostitution
Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came to the state from Kaduna. Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Nabs 6-Month Pregnant Woman, 23 Other Suspected Drug Suppliers
A six-month pregnant lady, a mother of three children and three other women and a 42-year-old man are among 24 suspected drug traffickers and dealers arrested in major interdiction… Read more »