Nigeria: Release Nnamdi Kanu Unconditionally - Igbo Elders Tell Govt

The United Igbo Elders Council (UNIEC) worldwide has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally in line with international and Nigerian… Read more »

Nigeria: ISWAP Commander Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja has handed a 20-year prison term to Hussaini Ismaila, a commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), after he was found guilty on… Read more »

Nigeria: 2 Nigerians Jailed for Laundering Over $4.5m From Fraud Schemes Targeting Over 125 Victims

Two Nigerian-born men, Olumide Olorunfunmi and Emmanuel Unuigbe were sentenced to 30 months in prison today for laundering millions of dollars obtained from scams targeting… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Rejects Sectarian Narratives About Security Challenges

The Federal Government has rejected attempts in some quarters to frame Nigeria's security challenges through a religious lens, warning that such "divisive and narrow rhetoric"… Read more »

Nigeria: Genocide - Nigeria Rejects U.S. Troops, Says Trump's Narrative Fueling More Violence

ABUJA: The Federal Government on Wednesday vehemently pushed back against what it called the "dangerous and inaccurate" Christian genocide narrative spearheaded by United States… Read more »

Nigeria: Over 16,304 Arrested, 4.5m Kg of Drugs Seized in 10 Months - Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested over 16,304 drug suspects and seized 4.5 million kilograms of illicit substances between January and October. Read more »

Nigeria: Worst of Boko Haram Insurgency Is Over, Says Zulum

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno on Wednesday said the security situation in the state has significantly improved, declaring that "the worst is over." Read more »

Nigeria: Suspend Your Strike, 19 of 20 Demands Already Addressed - Govt to Resident Doctors

THE Federal Government has enjoined the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to suspend its ongoing industrial action, saying that nineteen put of its twenty listed… Read more »

Nigeria: Shettima Heads to Kebbi As Tinubu Vows Rescue of Kidnapped Students

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has asked Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit Kebbi State today to sympathise with the state government and assure parents and guardians of the kidnapped… Read more »

Nigeria: Any Organization Organizing Safety Training Without Ispon Certification Is Illegal - ISPON

The President of the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria, ISPON, Chief Stephen Udezi has said that any organization organizing safety training without ISPON certification… Read more »

Nigeria: 'In Nigeria, Christians Are Being Targeted' - Says Nicki Minaj, Calls for Urgent Action

American rapper Nicki Minaj has raised global attention to alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria, calling for urgent international action during a United Nations event hosted by… Read more »

Nigeria: Yerima Allegedly Trailed in Abuja

Lieutenant A.M. Yerima, a young Nigerian Navy officer involved in a recent altercation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, reportedly escaped an attempted trailing… Read more »

Nigeria: Maritime Lawyers Advocate for Integrated Law to Tackle Fragmented Transport System

Members of the Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA) have renewed their call for a single, harmonised legislation to govern all modes of transport, arguing that an integrated… Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Governor Begs Military to Launch Offensive Attack On Terrorists' Tumbus, Others

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno on Tuesday begged the Nigerian Armed Forces as a matter of urgency to launch an offensive attack on the terrorists' safe haven in Tumbus, Mandara… Read more »

Nigeria: How Bandits Kidnapped 25 Kebbi Schoolgirls

Bandits in the early hours of yesterday kidnapped 25 students of Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, GGCSS, Maga, Kebbi State, killing the principal in the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Man Jailed Six Months in U.S. Over Online Extortion Scheme Leading to Teenager's Death

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, David Metcalf, has announced the sentencing of a Nigerian man, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as "Alice… Read more »

Nigeria: Ondo SDP Governorship Candidate Was Murdered - Autopsy Report

An autopsy report has confirmed that a former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State, Mr Bamidele Akingboye, was murdered. Read more »

Nigeria: Lieutenant Yarima Escapes Assassination Attempt in Abuja

A young Nigerian Navy officer, Lt. A.M. Yarima, who recently had a confrontation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, reportedly escaped an… Read more »

Nigeria: Fresh Legal Battle Hits Zamfara APC Over Alleged 'Illegal' Suspensions

ABUJA - Tensions have resurfaced in the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as three local party officials have dragged the party and some of its leaders… Read more »

Nigeria: 31 Years After, Families of Ogoni Four Demand Remains for Proper Burial

Thirty-one years after the gruesome murder of four Ogoni chiefs in Giokoo community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, their families have renewed calls for the recovery… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Forecloses Denfendant's Counsel in Ogege Murder Trial for Disobedience of Court Orders

A Delta State High Court sitting in Ogwashi-Uku has foreclosed the counsel to Macaulay Oghenemaro, 1st defendant in the murder trial of the late Miss Elozino Ogege, a 300-level… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Court Urges Member States to Uphold Rule of Law

President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, yesterday has called for stronger cooperation between national courts and the regional court to enhance… Read more »

Nigeria: Lakurawa Strike - Pregnant Woman, 4 Others Killed in Fresh Attack On Sokoto Village

Fear, grief have struck a farming community of Alkalije in Kilgori District of Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, following an attack by suspected Lakurawa bandits that… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Kill One Bandit, Arrest Three Others in Kebbi

The Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised one of the eight bandits who invaded the residence of one Alhaji Sani in the Botoro Gadi community, Mungadi area of Maiyama Local… Read more »

Nigeria: Yahaya Bello's Trial / How Kogi Cashier Withdrew N1bn in Tranches - Witness

ABUJA-- A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, yesterday, heard how a cashier, Abdulsalam Hudu, withdrew over N1billion from a bank account that… Read more »