October 28, 2022
Nigeria: Court Hears Nnamdi Kanu's N20bn Suit Against Malami, NIA Boss Nov 18
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov 18 for hearing a N20bn suit filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Govt Is Keeping Nnamdi Kanu Despite Court Ruling - Malami
Despite the court ruling asking Nigeria to return the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra to Kenya and pay him N500 million as compensation, the Federal Government is not… Read more »
Nigeria: UK Insists On Terror Alert As Major Mall Shuts Operation
The UK government insisted yesterday on its terror alert, despite assurances by the federal government that the country was safe. Read more »
October 27, 2022
Nigeria: Some INEC Officials Tried to Enrol Fake Voters 40 Times - Yakubu
For engaging in multiple registrations of voters during the last voters' listing exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commenced the in-house… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Nigeria: Students Major Perpetrators of Rape in Higher Institutions - Report
*Says sex for promotion,other sexual, gender-based violence grossly under-reported Read more »
October 25, 2022
Nigeria: Biafra - Why We Won't Release Kanu, Govt Tells Appeal Court
The Federal Government yesterday adduced reasons it has not obeyed the judgement of the Court of Appeal that ordered the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Nigeria: Insecurity Fueling Malnutrition in Nigeria - UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has identified insecurity as one of the major factors fueling malnutrition in Nigeria. Read more »
October 23, 2022
Nigeria: Threat of Terrorist Attack - Police, Military, Para-Military Agencies On Alert, Activate Counter Measures
Top Security sources drawn from the Police, the Milary and Para-military organizations in the country on Sunday night disclosed that intelligence and other relevant operatives… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Nigeria: $176bn Modernisation Project Stalled As Promoters Battle Govt, Customs in Court
The Customs Modernisation project, touted to deliver revenue to the tune of $176 billion to federal coffers over a period of 20 years, is currently threatened as lead promoter of… Read more »
Nigeria: Interpol Arrests Over 70 Suspected Fraudsters Linked to Black Axe Cult in Nigeria
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) says it has arrested 75 persons linked to Black Axe, one of Nigeria's biggest cult groups. Read more »
October 20, 2022
Nigeria: No Record of Shooting At #EndSARS 2nd Anniversary - Police
The Lagos State Police Command has said there was no any record of shooting at people, who gathered for procession at the #EndSARS 2nd anniversary holding at the Lekki toll gate… Read more »
Nigeria: 2nd Anniversary - Implement Reports of Judicial Panels of Inquiry - EndSARS Organisers, Victims
ORGANISERS and victims of the ENDSARS protests, yesterday, called for the full implementation of the reports of the judicial panels of inquiry set up by the government to probe the… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Reaffirms Ban On Okada in 10 Councils
Warns recalcitrant operators to comply Read more »
October 20, 2022
Nigeria: Why Buhari Must Let Nnamdi Kanu Go
I AM not a lawyer. But in writing this article, I spoke to learned friends who, in unanimity, held that President Muhammadu Buhari's government has no legal beam to hang its… Read more »
Nigeria: Lekki Toll Gate Tragedy - Two Years Later
EXACTLY two years ago, a tragic event that has set the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos aside as a historic monument of sorts took place. A crowd of unarmed youths singing the national… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: Leaked Phone Call On Insecurity - Admit Guilt Or Be Exposed, Imo Govt Tells Ihedioha
Imo State government yesterday declared that it will expose details of how former Governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha threatened to make the state ungovernable for Governor Hope… Read more »
October 15, 2022
Nigeria: Army, Navy, Police Among Oil Thieves, Own Refining Camps
In the past few months, the Federal Government, which had lived in denial of the actual reason for the razor-sharp increase in oil bunkering, popularly known as kpofire, in the… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: I Didn't Criticise Appeal Court Ruling Acquitting Nnamdi Kanu - Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has raised the alarm over, what he described as the activities of an established syndicate with the sole aim of manufacturing fake news, reports… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorism Charge - Appeal Court Acquits Kanu, Orders His Release
The court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, quashed the 15-count terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu - Case Not Over, We'll Exploit Appropriate Legal Options - Malami
The Federal Government, on Thursday, gave an indication that it will approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that quashed the terrorism charge it… Read more »
Nigeria: Appeal Court Acquits Nnamdi Kanu, Strikes Out Govt's Charge
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, quashed the terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,… Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Seizes 179.102 Kilogrammes of Illicit Drugs in Ebonyi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ebonyi Command, yesterday said it seized 179.102 kilogrammes of different illicit drugs between January and September 2022 in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Kebbi CP Presents 46m Cheques to 21 Families of Slain Police Officers
In a symbolic occasion held at the Kebbi police Command in Birnin Kebbi, the commissioner of police, CP Ahmed Magaji Kontagora on Wednesday presented cheques of over 46m to 21… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits, Boko Haram - CSO Flays National Honours Conferred On Security Chiefs
A civil society group, Coalition of Civil Society on Integrity in Nigeria, CCSIN, has criticized the conferment of national awards on some service chiefs by President Muhammadu… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: EFCC Files Money Laundering Charge Against Ex-Lagos AG, Shasore
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed a four-count money laundering charge against a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr… Read more »