Nigeria: Tinubu Welcomes Lawal to APC, Vows to Tackle Zamfara Insecurity

President Bola Tinubu has formally received Gov. Dauda Lawal into the APC and assured the people of Zamfara and the North West Region of renewed measures to end insecurity and… Read more »

Nigeria: Military Dismisses Fears of Terrorist Takeover in Borno, Northeast

The Military High Command has dismissed claims that terrorists could take over Borno State and the entire Northeast, saying there is no basis for such a conclusion. Read more »

Nigeria: UK Expands Detention Capacity to Speed Up Deportations

United Kingdom has announced plans to increase detention capacity to ensure foreign offenders and illegal migrants can be securely held and removed from the country more quickly. Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Tax Evasion - Binance Seeks Out-of-Court Settlement With FG

Binance Holdings Limited on Tuesday sought an amicable resolution of the ongoing tax evasion charge filed against it by the Federal Government. Read more »

Nigeria: Tight Security As El-Rufai Appears in Court Over Alleged Money Laundering

Security was on Tuesday beefed up around the Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Kaduna as operatives of multiple agencies took strategic positions ahead of the arraignment of… Read more »

Nigeria: Ozoro Festival - This Is Barbaric, Must Not Repeat Itself - Senator Joel-Onowakpo

Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content and APC lawmaker representing Delta South, has strongly condemned the alleged attack on women and… Read more »

Nigeria: Wanted in Nigeria - Open Justice System

The Southwest of Nigeria leads in several aspects of life in the country today because its pioneering leader, Obafemi Awolowo had before independence in 1960, created for his… Read more »

Nigeria: NYSC - Corps Member Dies in Ogun, Staff Detained As Probe Begins

The National Youth Service Corps has confirmed the death of a Corps Member in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with a staff member now in custody as authorities investigate the circumstances… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Release Findings On Ozoro Sexual Assault, 15 Arrested

·Delta govt condemns incident Read more »

Nigeria: Ebonyi - I Killed My Mother for Refusing to Bathe Me, 20-Year-Old Boy Confesses

The people of Ohatekwe Ukawu in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have banished a 20-year-old man, Damian Oforbuike, for allegedly killing his mother. Read more »

Nigeria: Navy Intercepts Illegal Product, Apprehend Eight Suspects in Rivers

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted about 44,000 litres of suspected illegally refined petroleum products and arrested eight suspects in Rivers. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Rift Widens As Wike Camp Defies Turaki, Vows to Hold Convention

ABUJA -- The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party says its National Convention will go ahead as planned, brushing aside fresh legal threats and laying bare deepening… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Rallies Governors On Security, Vows Increased Foreign Support

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday tasked state governors to intensify collaboration in tackling insecurity, pledging increased foreign support to strengthen Nigeria's security… Read more »

Nigeria: Terrorists Abduct Nine Worshippers in Kwara Church, Three Rescued

Suspected terrorists, on Sunday morning, stormed an ECWA Church in Omugo community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting nine worshippers. Read more »

Nigeria: Vandals Knock Down Tower T99 Along Ughelli/Benin 330kv Transmission Line

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says Tower T99 along the Ughelli/Benin 330 kilovolt (kV) transmission line collapsed as a result of vandalism. Read more »

Nigeria: Counterfeit Cancer Drugs - NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Fake Avastin, Tecentriq

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raised the alarm over the circulation of counterfeit cancer medicines, Avastin and Tecentriq--across… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. Moves to Strip Nigerian of Citizenship Over $91m Tax Fraud

The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint seeking to revoke the citizenship of Nigerian-born, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, over his role in a massive… Read more »

Nigeria: Security Scare At Akure Airport As Bandits Enter Runway

Suspected bandits, Sunday, chased farmers from their farmland onto the runway of Akure Airport in Ondo State. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's London Visit - UK Voice Could Have Calmed Nigeria Persecution Debate - Presidency

...Says Tinubu's visit offers chance to reset Nigeria-Britain ties Read more »

Nigeria: Presidency, Benue Police Team Up to Crush Banditry, Restore Community Peace

ABUJA -Amid ongoing security threats in Nigeria's North Central region, the Presidency and Benue State authorities are ramping up collaboration to combat banditry farmer/herders… Read more »

Nigeria: Skit Maker Broda Shaggi Hospitalised After Alleged Shooting

Popular comedian and skit maker Samuel Perry, widely known as Broda Shaggi, has reportedly been hospitalised after sustaining a gunshot injury in the Sango-Ota area of Ota of Ogun… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Meets Security Chiefs, Ribadu Over Insecurity

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with top security officials, including the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tunji Disu. Read more »

Nigeria: Chimamanda - NMA Calls for Constitution of MDCN, Boards to Tackle Cases of Medical Negligence

... Calls on President Tinubu to act urgently after controversial investigative panel report Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Approves Employment of 50 Doctors, 100 Nurses Across Correctional Centres

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says President Bola Tinubu has approved the employment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses across the nation's correctional… Read more »

Nigeria: Ebonyi Monarch Kidnap/Killing - Police Arrest Mastermind, Recover Arms, Charms

The Ebonyi State Police Command said it has arrested the mastermind, Nwazunku Stephen, of the kidnap of the traditional ruler of Ndufu Alike Ikwo, late Ezeogo Francis Igwe. Read more »