August 18, 2023
Nigeria: Highway Extortion - Dismissal, Prosecution Await Erring Officials - NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has stringent measures against any form of corrupt act by its personnel while urging motorists and road users in Nigeria to… Read more »
August 17, 2023
Nigeria: Group Slams Akpbaio, Says 'No Delta Lawmaker Heads Standing Committee in Senate'
The Niger Delta Development Association (NDDA), a prominent community group, has appealed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio to appoint a senator from Delta State as the head of… Read more »
Nigeria: Recruitment - Nigerian Immigration Alerts Applicants On Fraudulent Invitation Letters
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has warned the general public especially applicants to be weary of fraudulent invitation letters for recruitment into the service. Read more »
August 15, 2023
Nigeria: CP Owohunwa Charges Newly Promoted ASPs to Shun Career-Ending Excesses
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, yesterday, charged newly promoted 1,400 Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASPs to shun excesses that would… Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra Police Urges Residents to Reclaim Stolen Tricycles
The Police in Anambra have urged Anambra residents, particularly those in Ogbaru, to come forward with valid proofs of ownership to reclaim their tricycles that were snatched by… Read more »
August 14, 2023
Nigeria: Kidnapped Nasarawa Monarch, Wife Regain Freedom After 8 Days in Captivity
The kidnaped king of Gurku community in Karu local government area of Nasarawa state, Jubril Mamman Waziri has been released alongside his wife, Hajiya Sa'adatu. Read more »
August 12, 2023
Nigeria: Calls for Military Interference in Nigeria's Democracy Unpatriotic, Wicked - DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the call for the military to interfere in the nation's democracy is highly unpatriotic and wicked. Read more »
August 10, 2023
Nigeria: Illegal Checkpoint - IGP Squad Arrests Police, Immigration Officers
There was pandemonium and confusion along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, yesterday, as Police officers believed to be under the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Special Squad… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Nigeria: Anti-Graft Group Demands Probe, Prosecution of FCC Erring Officials Over Job Racketeering
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has called on anti-corruption agencies for necessary investigation of corrupt practices of job racketeering involving… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Imposes Extra Sanctions On Niger Military Junta
A new set of sanctions have been imposed on groups, organisations and individuals identified as giving support to the military junta in the Republic of Niger. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Agitations, Insecurity, Others Persist in South-East - Igbo Youth
Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, has given insight on why protracted agitations, insecurity, and other challenges facing the South-East have persisted, lamenting that the government over… Read more »
Nigeria: We 'Ve Obeyed Judicial Orders On Emefiele, Bawa, Kanu - DSS Insists
Following reports that the Department of the State Service, DSS, has continued to violate court orders, the secret service has on Monday faulted the allegations. Read more »
August 07, 2023
Nigeria: Fear Grips Abducted Doctor's Family As Victim Endures 26 Days in Captivity
The family members of Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a Neurology expert, along with the entire medical community in Cross River, are currently gripped with apprehension following the sudden… Read more »
Nigeria: Food Crisis - Over 128 Farmers Killed, 37 Kidnapped in 6 Months - SCI
As Nigerians hit refuse dumps in search of food to survive, Save the Children International, SCI, Monday, raised the alarm following a relentless wave of attacks against farmers in… Read more »
Nigeria: Federal Registries Can Also Register Marriages - Appeal Court
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, which restrained the Federal Government from further registering marriages contracted or… Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Files Fresh Suit Against Tinubu in U.S. Court
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) at the US District… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Nigeria: Troops Kill 36 Terrorists, Rescue 140 Kidnapped Hostages Nationwide
The Military High Command said, yesterday, that troops fighting to rid the nation of criminal elements, in the last week, neutralised 36 terrorists and rescued 140 kidnapped… Read more »
Nigeria: 'I Don't Want to Die', Colleague Narrates Last Moments of Doctor Killed in Elevator Accident
A Twitter user with the username '@LaseMoye', has described the last moments before the death of Vwaere Diaso, a medical doctor at Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan. Read more »
August 03, 2023
Nigeria: Gridlock - Trinity, Kirikiri Police Abandon Duty Post, Embark On Extortion Spree
There may be no end in sight to motorists' harrowing experience on the Oshodi/Apapa expressway, in Lagos, as recalcitrant truck drivers, aided by men of Trinity and Kirikiri police… Read more »
August 02, 2023
Nigeria: Troops Neutralize Scores of Bandits, Vows to Destroy All Enclaves in Northwest
As troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) intensified it's operatives, in order to rid its Areas of Responsibility (AOR) in the Northwest of… Read more »
Nigeria: How Police Abducted Me in Lagos, Shipped Me to Abuja - Alawiye, Oil Magnate
An oil magnet, Jide Alawiye, has called on the acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate how he was abducted from Lagos by a top Police officer, taken to… Read more »
Nigeria: NAF Air Strikes Kill Scores of Terrorists in Zamfara, Katsina
Following a wave of air strikes conducted by Nigerian Air Force, NAF, fighter aircraft under Operation Hadarin Daji in the North-West on Sunday and Monday, scores of bandits… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Grants Emefiele Leave to Serve DSS DG Order Remanding Him in Prison After Bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele leave to serve the Director General, Department of State… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Nigeria: Niger Republic - West Set Trap for Ecowas to Go Into War - Adamu Garba
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba said the West - United States and France - have set a trap for the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS,… Read more »
Nigeria: Supreme Court Judge, Justice Chima Nweze Is Dead
Justice Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, CJN, has been feared dead. Read more »