Nigeria: Regularisation - Lagos Govt Issues Final Warning to Estate Developers Without Approval

The Lagos State Government has given a week's grace as a final warning to estate developments operating in the state without approved layout plans to regularise their documents or… Read more »

Nigeria: 27-Year-Old Man Found Dead in Deep Well in Ogbomoso

OGBOMOSO -- The body of a 27-year-old man, identified as Alagbe Gbemisoye, was recovered on Monday from a deep well in the Ire-Akari, Adeniran area of Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Read more »

Nigeria: Lawyer Demands Transparency On Rescue of Kebbi Schoolchildren, Kwara Worshippers

...Says government must explain methodology, fate of abductors Read more »

Nigeria: Pressure Nigeria to Abolish Sharia Law, Disband Hisbah - Expert Tells U.S. Lawmakers

United States lawmakers were on Tuesday urged to press the Nigerian government to abolish Sharia law in the 12 northern states where it is currently in operation and dismantle the… Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Christian Genocide in Nigeria - U.S. Lawmakers Disagree With Govt

United States House Appropriators and Foreign Affairs leaders convened a rare joint briefing yesterday as part of a broader congressional investigation into what lawmakers and… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians to Be Affected As U.S. Senator Introduces Bill to End Dual Citizenship

United States senator, Bernie Moreno has introduced a bill that seeks to eliminate dual citizenship for American nationals. Read more »

Nigeria: Emefiele Trial - No Duress in Defendant's Statements, EFCC Tells Court

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, told the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, that second defendant, Henry Omoile, voluntarily made his statements… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Spent Only N365 Per Citizen On GBV Prevention, Response - Report

The 2025 Womanity Index report (WIR) has revealed that on the average, Nigeria spent N365 on each woman and girl for preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) in… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Meets Otti Over Efforts to Secure Nnamdi Kanu's Release

ABUJA - PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Considers Bill to Establish Nationwide Toll-Free Number

The Nigerian Senate is considering a bill seeking to establish a uniform, toll-free national emergency number for citizens across the country aimed at strengthening the country's… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Adeleke Remains On Osun PDP Guber Ballot Despite His Defection - Electoral Committee

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) holds its governorship primary election in Osun State, the electoral committee of the party has disclosed that both Governor Ademola Adeleke… Read more »

Nigeria: Media Experts Warn of Mounting Threats to Journalism, Demand Legal Protection for Reporters

Media professionals have raised fresh concerns over the escalating threats confronting journalism in Nigeria, warning that unchecked misinformation, unregulated online content, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria's Defence Minister Badaru Resigned Amid Escalating Insecurity

Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Mohammad Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from office at a time the nation is grappling with renewed waves of banditry, mass abductions, and violent… Read more »

Nigeria: Revoked 1,095 Plots in Abuja - We're No Longer Owners of Property - Fayose, Obahiagbon

ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has released the names of 1,095 individuals and organizations whose property titles it revoked for failing to settle… Read more »

Nigeria: Enugu Receives 2 Drones, 10 Vehicles, Others to Fight Insecurity

Enugu State Government has received two long-range drones, 10 Hilux vehicles, 40 motorbikes, 400 bulletproof vests and 400 helmets from Enugu State Security Trust Fund (ESSTF) to… Read more »

Nigeria: Festival Turns Tragic As Youth Killed in Ebonyi Community Clash

A traditional festival in Amangbala, Ohaisu community of Afikpo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, turned bloody in the early hours of Monday after a young man, identified simply… Read more »

Nigeria: NDLEA Busts Social Media Drug Network Disguised As Imported Christmas Cookies

...Arrests Kingpins in Lagos Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Shouldn't Seek Re-Election, He Can't Run This Government - Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

Former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says President Bola Tinubu should drop any plan to seek re-election in 2027 and instead support a younger… Read more »

Nigeria: Kwara Monarch, Six Others Escape As Vigilantes Launch Fierce Attack On Bandits

The abducted monarch of Bayagan community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, the Ojibara of Bayagan, has escaped from the custody of armed… Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Bandits Unleash Terror in Kogi, Kano, Sokoto, Kwara

Bandits in the early hours of yesterday attacked a Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Ejiba in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting the pastor, his wife and… Read more »

Nigeria: Security, Welfare of Nigerians My Priorities - Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu says the security and welfare of every Nigerian remain the sacred priorities of his government. Read more »

Nigeria: P-Square Fraud Trial - EFCC Disowns Peter's $800k Claim Against Jude, Paul

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that it has no evidence to support the allegation that Jude and Paul Okoye of… Read more »

Nigeria: Terrorism Took Root On Your Watch - Presidency to Obasanjo

-- Says call for foreign help to tackle insecurity is not statesmanship Read more »

Nigeria: Malami Vows to Honour EFCC Invitation

Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Friday confirmed that he has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes… Read more »

Nigeria: 26 Arrested in Lagos for Counterfeit Currency, Adulterated Diesel Production

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 26 suspects for alleged involvement in the possession of counterfeit currency and the production and sale of adulterated diesel,… Read more »