February 16
Nigeria: 'It's Time for Reasoning to Prevail' - - Sowore Demands Release of Nnamdi Kanu
The candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, Omoyele Sowore, has restated his call for the release of the detained leader of the… Read more »
February 15
Nigeria: 'Why New S'court Justices Can't Resume Now'
In this report, Vanguard's Law & Human Rights digs out factors responsible for the delay in the inauguration of 11 new justices of the Supreme Court almost two full months… Read more »
Nigeria: Avoid Actions Injurious to Your Bail, Court Warns 20 Ex-Ptd Leaders
An FCT High Court has warned 20 former leaders of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, charged with… Read more »
Nigeria: How Delta Task Force Member Allegedly Strangled Keke Rider in Sapele
A member of Delta State Revenue Task Force team, Tunde, popularly known as Osama has allegedly strangled a Keke rider, Augustine Williams, during a heated argument over ticket levy… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Withdraws Treasonable Felony Charge Against Sowore
The Federal Government has applied to withdraw the treasonable felony charge that the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government filed against a civil rights activist and… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu, Govs Mull Establishment of State Police
Meet to further fine-tune modalities Read more »
February 14
Nigeria: FG Makes U-Turn, Says UK Lawyers Can't Practise in Nigeria
The Federal Government has made a U-turn on its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom on Tuesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest 400 Suspects in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested about 400 suspected persons in various black spots last month. Read more »
February 12
Nigeria: Adeleke Constitutes Committee to Resolve Osun Jusun Strike
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has set up a seven-man committee to resolve the ongoing strike by the state branch of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Abduct Man, His Two Wives, Set Houses Ablaze in Katsina
Again, a wave of violence on Monday swept through Katsina State, leaving two communities reeling from separate attacks by armed bandits. Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Hisbah Seizes 8,600 Bottles of Beer, Arrests 15 for Prostitution
Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came to the state from Kaduna. Read more »
Nigeria: NDLEA Nabs 6-Month Pregnant Woman, 23 Other Suspected Drug Suppliers
A six-month pregnant lady, a mother of three children and three other women and a 42-year-old man are among 24 suspected drug traffickers and dealers arrested in major interdiction… Read more »
Nigeria: The Perimeter of the Judicial Leash, By Chidi Odinklau
It is widely said that Nigerian judges over-worked and grossly underpaid. Read more »
Cameroon: One Killed in Bombing in Cameroon
A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone separatists. Read more »
February 09
Nigeria: Army Rescues 11 Kidnap Victims in Kaduna
Troops of the 1 Division Nigerian Army (NA) have neutralised four insurgents, while others escaped with gunshot wounds. Read more »
February 08
Nigeria: Abducted Abia Varsity DVC Regains Freedom
The abducted Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the Abia State University, Prof. Godwin Emezue, has regained his freedom after spending 11 days in the kidnappers' den. Read more »
Nigeria: Investigate Alleged Killing of 11 Fulani By Soldiers in Kaduna - Northern Elders
A group of Northern leaders in Kaduna State have called on the federal government to investigate the alleged killing of 11 Fulani youth in Tilde-Fulbe community in Kachia Local… Read more »
February 05
Nigeria: Drug Enforcement Agency Intercepts Ghanaian Cannabis
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said, yesterday, that its operatives successfully intercepted large consignment of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis… Read more »
February 03
Nigeria: Terrorism/Kidnapping - Influential Northern Senator Under Watch - Source
An influential Northern Senator us being closely watched by security agencies in the country for reportedly spearheading terrorism, banditry and Kidnapping. Read more »
February 01
Nigeria: Find, Prosecute Ekiti Monarchs' Killers, Igboho Urges Govt, Security Agencies
Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government and security agencies to leave no stone unturned in… Read more »
Nigeria: Ekiti School Pupils Kidnap - Ondo Amotekun Deploys 100 Personnel, Parades 31 Suspects
To secure the release of six kidnapped schoolchildren, three teachers and their driver, Ondo State security outfit, codenamed, Amotekun, yesterday, deployed 100 of its personnel to… Read more »
Nigeria: Over 30 Feared Dead As Tanker Explodes in Imo Forest
Over 30 bodies were said to have burnt to ashes after a tanker suspected to be used by oil bunkers exploded in the forest of Obitti, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo… Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC Battles Religious Sect Over N13bn Money Laundering for Terrorists
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, revealed yesterday why the war against insecurity has been protracted, disclosing that a powerful… Read more »
January 30
Nigeria: Govt Orders Probe of Contamination, Death of Aquatic Lives in Abia Community's Stream
The Abia State government has ordered a probe of the contamination and death of aquatic life in Aro Ajatakiri, Ajata-na-Igu Autonomous Community stream in Ikwuano Local Government… Read more »
Nigeria: Fish Out Killers of Two Ekiti Monarchs, Oyebanji Orders Security Agencies
...condemns attack Read more »