April 20, 2023
Nigeria: NNPC Board - Federal Govt to Appeal Court Judgement, Experts List Implications
Barely 24 hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja reinstated Senator Ifeanyi Araraume as the non-executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Nigeria: Many Feared Dead As Gunmen Invade Communities in Plateau State
Many feared dead following the invasion of Murish community in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State by suspected gunmen. This sad incidence happened late Sunday… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Nigeria: Many Feared Killed As Gunmen Invade Plateau Communities
Many residents were feared dead following the invasion of Murish community in Mangu LGA of Plateau State by suspected gunmen late Sunday night. Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Kill 30, Raze Houses in Southern Kaduna
Again, 30 people have been killed and several houses razed down in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji village in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State. Read more »
April 16, 2023
Nigeria: Lagos Reads Riot Act to Traffic Offenders, Okada Riders
Lagos State government has read the riot act to traffic offenders and commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders still operating on the state's highways and… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Nigeria: 'How Obi Was Questioned, Detained At Heathrow Airport'
Labour Party (LP) said its presidential candidate Peter Obi is being impersonated in London which forms the basis of his detention. Read more »
April 11, 2023
Nigeria: 'Bill to Halt Doctors' Emigration is Modern Day Slavery' - Doctors' Association
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has described the Bill to prevent Nigerian-trained medical doctors from being issued full practicing licenses or allowed to… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Nigeria: Concerns Over Renewed Terror Attacks After 2023 Polls
There is growing anxiety following the recent spike in terror attacks after the 2023 general elections and the cash crunch that destabilised the nation's economy. Read more »
April 09, 2023
Nigeria: How Hard Drugs Is Fuelling Violent Attacks in Kaduna Communities
Although for quite sometimes now, violent attacks from gangs in Kaduna State tend to have relatively disappeared. In times past, activities of gangs such as Sara-Suka who engages… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Nigeria: Supreme Court Affirms Oyebanji's Election As Ekiti Governor
Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji. The court dismissed the appeal by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Chief… Read more »
Nigeria: End Killings in Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Niger Delta Congress Urges Federal Govt
Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has called on the federal government to end the unprovoked killings going on in the Middle Belt especially in Southern Kaduna, Benue and Plateau states. Read more »
April 06, 2023
Nigeria: P&ID - Court Adjourns Lagos Ex-AG's Trial Over Disagreements On Documents
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has adjourned the trial of a former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Olasupo Shasore (SAN)… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Nigeria: NDLEA, Customs Sign MOU to Tackle Illicit Drugs At Point of Entrance
Chairman/chief executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) and the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS),… Read more »
Nigeria: Obi, Datti-Ahmed Kick Over Federal Govt's Treason Allegation
The Nigeria Labour Party (LP) has accused the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, of misinforming the international community. Read more »
March 31, 2023
Nigeria: Bandits Take 49 Niger Villagers to Zamfara Forest, Demand N30m Ransom
Bandits have killed no fewer than four people they had abducted in Niger State. This is even as the bandits are holding 49 villagers captive in Zamfara forest and demanding N30… Read more »
March 27, 2023
Nigeria: Ex-Boko Haram Top Commander Urges Fighters to Surrender, End War Against State
A former Boko Haram top Commander, Adamu Rugurugu, has called on his former fellow terrorists still in the various forests in Borno State and the Lake Chad region to lay down their… Read more »
Nigeria: 2023 Polls - Police Arrest 781 Suspects, Record 489 Electoral Infractions
Nigeria Police Force recorded 489 major electoral infractions during the 2023 general elections held in February 25 and March 18, 2023. Read more »
Nigeria: Time to Punish Electoral Offenders
The illegal activities of political actors in the just concluded 2023 general elections have reinforced the need for tough punitive actions against electoral offenders and for… Read more »
March 24, 2023
Nigeria: Organ Harvesting - UK Court Finds Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Guilty
Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and a medical "middleman" have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Nigeria: Fight Against Hard Drugs - Terminal Operators Assure NDLEA of Support
The chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Princess Vicky Haastrup, has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), of the association's… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Nigeria: Ekweremadu's Wife Denies Involvement in Organ Harvesting Saga
Wife of the embattled former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, has absolved herself of any involvement in the search for an organ donor for their… Read more »
Nigeria: Katsina State Govt Bans Volunteer Vigilante Group, Says Their Activities Worsened Banditry
The incessant killings and onslaught on some communities as a result of clashes between bandits and volunteer vigilantes in the southern zone of Katsina State, has been of massive… Read more »
Nigeria: As Scarcity of Naira Bites Harder - Buhari Disowns Emefiele, Malami Over Defiance of Supreme Court
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that he never instructed the attorney general of the federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor to disobey any court orders… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Nigeria: Police Rescue Ogun Journalist 72 Hours After Abductors Demanded N30m Ransom
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have rescued a journalist, Oduneye Oluwaseun, from his abductors 72 hours after being kidnapped by gunmen in the Ijebu Ode area of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Repentant Terrorist, 36 Others Arrested for Drug Trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of… Read more »