June 24
Nigeria: Senate Passes Bill to Double Police Trust Fund Allocation to 1 Percent
ABUJA -- The Senate has passed a bill seeking to increase the statutory allocation to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) from 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent of revenue accruing to… Read more »
Nigeria: IGP Raises Alarm Over Rising Killings of Police Officers Nationwide
ENUGU -- Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has expressed concern over the increasing number of police officers being killed in the line of duty, saying the Nigeria Police… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Senate Passes State Police Bill
....clears Way for Dual Policing Structure Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Passes State Police Bill
... adopts manual voting after system failure Read more »
Nigeria: State Police Only Viable Solution to Insecurity - South-West Amotekun Commanders
The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), codenamed Amotekun, has declared its readiness for the establishment of state police, describing the decentralisation of Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: El-Rufai - Atiku Warns Against Using Courts to Punish Opposition
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the refusal of the Federal High Court to review bail… Read more »
Nigeria: Friends of Slain Ex-Ogtv Broadcaster Demand Justice
Friends of the late Kitan Oyesiku have renewed their call for justice, urging the Ogun State Government, the State Police Command, and other relevant authorities to intensify… Read more »
Nigeria: DSS Orders Probe Into Operatives' Conduct After Sowore Court Incident
The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced an investigation into the conduct of its operatives following an incident involving activist and African Action Congress (AAC)… Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged Coup Plot - Court Orders Probe of Leaked Evidence
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate the allegation by the prosecution that part of the evidence it tendered in… Read more »
Nigeria: Asogwa Gets Certificate of Return, Says APC to Clear 2027 Polls in Enugu State
The senator-elect for Enugu North Senatorial District, Ikeje Asogwa, on Tuesday received a Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),… Read more »
Nigeria: Dasuki Urges Tinubu to Strengthen Ties With Niger Republic to Tackle Insecurity
SOKOTO -- A member of the House of Representatives representing Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, Abdussamad Dasuki, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to… Read more »
Nigeria: Explosion - Police Dispatch Particles to Abuja for Forensic Analysis
·Traders recount how incident happened Read more »
June 23
Nigeria: Full List - U.S. Names Nigerian, Companies Linked to Financing Terrorism
The United States has designated a Nigerian national and three companies operating in Nigeria as alleged facilitators of financial activities linked to the Islamic State of Iraq… Read more »
Nigeria: DIG Activates Violent Crime Response Unit in Kebbi
Deputy inspector General of Police northwest, DIG Sulaiman Muhammed Abdul on Wednesday officially lunched Nigeria Police violent crime response unit in Kebbi state. Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Sanctions Lagos-Based ISIS Financier, Bureaux De Change in Global Terror Crackdown
The United States has sanctioned a Lagos-based ISIS financier, Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad, 35, and three bureaux de change linked to him for allegedly moving funds for the group, as… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Sends State Police Amendment Bill to Senate
ABUJA- PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has written the Senate, forwarding to it a constitution alteration bill that seeks for the establishment of state police Services as part of efforts to… Read more »
Nigeria: Sowore's Detention - Peter Obi Warns Against Treating Critics, Journalists As Threats
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has warned against treating critics, activists and journalists as threats to the state, following… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Receives Approval for 63 Ambassadorial Postings, Six Still Pending
The Federal Government has received approval from 63 countries to accept ambassadors appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while six other ambassadorial postings are still… Read more »
Nigeria: Police Bust Syndicate Moving Military Camouflage, Hard Drugs Out of Lagos
* Arrest 4 suspects, additional 34 foreign nationals Read more »
Nigeria: Again, Court Adjourns Rapper Odumodublvck's Assault Trial
An Abuja court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of rapper Tochukwu Ojogwu, popularly known as "Odumodublvck", in a case of assault and battery until Oct 13 and Oct 14 for hearing. Read more »
June 22
Nigeria: Anarchism in Judicial Robes
Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja was far less known until June 15, 2026 when an ill-considered judgement he delivered led to political eruption in the… Read more »
June 23
Nigeria: Judicial Rascality - When Lower Court Judges Defy the Court Above Them
The administration of justice in any constitutional democracy rests upon a foundation of hierarchy, discipline, and the unqualified obligation of every court to obey the orders of… Read more »
Nigeria: Full Details - One Injured As Suspected Bomb Explodes in Lagos
A suspected Improvised Explosive Device, IED, yesterday detonated beneath a parked vehicle in the Oke Mushin area of Lagos, injuring the owner and causing panic among residents. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - 22 Killed in Plateau, Kidnappers Strike in Ondo, Protests Rock Oyo
-Panic in Owo as gunmen abduct mother, 2 kids; attack pastor's home in twin raids Read more »
June 22
Nigeria: Nigeria Needs Policy, Legislative Resilience to Turn Reforms Into Results, Says Usman-Katsina
Head Federal and National Assembly Affairs, Hajiya Fatima Y. Usman-Katsina has called on federal and state governments to adopt Policy and Legislative Resilience (PLR) as a… Read more »
