October 25, 2022
Nigeria: Senate Committee Backs NDLEA's Offensives Against Drug Cartels
The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC), has expressed support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in its fight against drug cartels in the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Borno - UN Raises Alarm Over Plan Abduction of Humanitarian Workers By Terrorists
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) on Tuesday raised alarm over plans by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists to abduct humanitarian workers in Banki in Bama Local… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Orders Final Seizure of Assets of Ex-Oil Minister
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former minister of Petroleum… Read more »
Nigeria: Gulf of Guinea - U.S. Govt Lauds Nimasa Over Reduction in Piracy, Criminality
The United States Coast Guard (USCG), has applauded the Nigerian Marítime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), over its role in suppressing criminality in Nigeria's… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Nigeria: Military Jets Hit Terrorists' Meeting Point, Logistics Base in Borno, Zamfara
Airstrikes executed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed terrorists' logistics base and a meeting venue with scores killed in Borno and Zamfara States. Read more »
Nigeria: 3 Justices Who Sat On Nnamdi Kanu's Appeal Transferred
Three justices of the Appeal Court who sat on the panel that dismissed the 15-count terrorism charge against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi… Read more »
Nigeria: DSS Confirms U.S. Security Alert, Tells Nigerians to Be Watchful, Remain Calm
Following the security alert by the United States Embassy in Nigeria to US citizens in Abuja on planned terrorists attack, the Department of State Services (DSS) has called on… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Nigeria: With 84 Bills Signed Into Law, Lawan Justifies Synergy With Executive
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has advanced copious reasons to justify the current dispensation of collaboration between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Nigeria: Obey Court Order On Kanu, Clar
Elder statesman and former federal commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the judgement of the Court of Appeal and order the… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: 70% Drug Importation Unhealthy for Nigeria, NAFDAC Warns
Director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has decried Nigeria's continuous dependence on other… Read more »
Nigeria: INEC Delists 2.7 Million From Voter Register
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: IDGC - AHF Seeks More Protection for the Girl-Child
As the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl-child (IDGC), Aids Health Foundation - Nigeria has called on governments and stakeholders to do more for the protection of… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Customs Service Yet to Make Cargo Scanners Operational, Continues 100% Physical Examination
Despite the acquisition and deployment of scanners to the Apapa, Tin-Can Island, Lagos and Onne seaports Port Harcourt, by the federal government to speed up cargo inspection and… Read more »
Nigeria: Freed Train Hostages - Our 100 Schoolgirls Abandoned, Chibok Community Cries Out
The Chibok Community on the platform of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), has decried what it called neglect of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: Police Arrest Harrysong Over Alleged Threat to Life, Defamation
Musician Harry Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, has been arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Read more »
Nigeria: Law School Classmates Greet Ozekhome Over CON Award
The 1981 Law School setters have congratulated one of their own, Dr Mike Ozekhome (SAN) on the conferment of the prestigious award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Nigeria: 35,000 Killed, 1.8 Million People Displaced in North By Boko Haram - Report
No fewer than 35,000 persons have been reported killed in Northern Nigeria and 1.8 million others displaced in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states since 2009 when Boko Haram launched… Read more »
October 09, 2022
Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts N1.04bn Tramadol Pills At Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted about 2,465,000 tablets of the pharmaceutical opioid in 225mg and 250mg, weighing 2,356kgs with an… Read more »
Nigeria: No Swap Deal With Militants to Release Hostages - Military
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said contrary to insinuations, there was no prisoner swap deal between the federal government and terrorists to release the remaining 23… Read more »
October 08, 2022
Nigeria: Call Off Strike Within 7 Days, Appeal Court Orders ASUU
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately call of the on-going industrial action. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Nigeria: Presidency Denies Peter Obi's 'Silent Arrest' Accusation
Accusations made earlier Wednesday on social media by presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, that some of his supporters, known as "Obidients", have been "silently… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Another Lagos Drug Baron, Recovers N8.8bn Tramadol
National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 13,451,466 pills of Tramadol 225mg worth N8.86billion from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Demand Farm Produce As Ransom, Kill Niger Village Head
Bandits have resorted to demanding farm produce and cattle as ransom for kidnapped persons as well as a requirement to stop the deadly attacks on villages in Niger State. A village… Read more »
Nigeria: How to Tackle Illegal Mining, Non-Payment of Royalties - EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has advocated more collaboration with other critical stakeholders in the mining sector to check activities of illegal miners and… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Nigeria: Again, U.S. Court Postpones Sentencing of Fraudster Hushpuppi to Nov 7
The US Central District Court in California has again postponed the sentencing of Ramon Abbas, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, popularly known as Hushpuppi, who has pleaded guilty… Read more »