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 »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: National Assembly to Pass 2023 Appropriation Bill December - Lawan
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion before the end of December. Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: Witness Tells Court That Late Gospel Singer's Husband Said He Wanted to 'Break Her Soul Tie With Twin Sister'
The trial of Peter Nwachukwu, husband to the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, continued on Tuesday before Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory High… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Harbours 53% of Death Row Inmates in Sub-Saharan Africa
International human rights groups working in Nigeria have called for an abolition of the death penalty from Nigeria corpus juris noting Nigeria harbours the largest number of death… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Nigeria: 389 Police Officers Died in Borno Fighting Boko Haram - Police
No fewer than 389 police officers have died fighting Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State in the past 11 years, the State Police Command, has said. Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 - Allow Police to Regulate Your Rallies, IGP Tells Politicians
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba-Alkali, has urged political parties and politicians to allow the police to regulate their campaigns for 2023 general elections. Read more »
October 09, 2022
Nigeria: Plateau - Gunmen Kill Ward Head, Three Others
Gunmen have reportedly killed the community ward head of Mabel community of Butura in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State and three others. Read more »
October 08, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - NDLEA Vows to Arrest Politicians Who Encourage Drug Use During Campaigns
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has vowed to arrest and prosecute politicians that encourage the consumption of illicit drugs during political campaigns. Read more »
Nigeria: Fight Oil Thieves, They've Declared War on Nigeria - Lawmakers to Buhari
Miffed by the perennial economic sabotage of oil theft against Nigeria, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, yesterday, said… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Nigeria: Troops Capture 79 Terrorists and Collaborators, Rescue 2 Chibok Girls
Troops of "Operation Hadin Kai" (OPHK) apprehended at least 79 terrorists and their collaborators in the Northeast in the last two weeks. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Nigeria: 'Bandits Have Killed 10 Teachers, Kidnapped 50 in Kaduna'
The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Kaduna State chapter, has alleged that bandits have killed over 10 teachers and kidnapped more than 50 others across the 23… Read more »
Nigeria: Report of $41.8m Judgement Against Me Is, Fake News - Nnamani
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu East, has described as a ruse report… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Gives Award to Outstanding Police Officer for Returning $200,000 Bribe
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, presented SP Daniel Amah with a Public Service Integrity Award for displaying exceptional courage and integrity in the discharge of his… Read more »