June 14, 2022
Nigeria: ICPC Arraigns Abba Kyari Impersonator Over N4.5m Job Scam
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a business woman, Ramat Mercy Mba, who was impersonating the late chief of staff to… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Priest, Anglican Bishop, Wife in Plateau, Oyo
Suspected gunmen have abducted the Bishop of the Anglican Communion, Jebba Diocese, Kwara State, Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba. Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnappers of 30 Sokoto Wedding Guests Contact Families
Kidnappers of 30 wedding guests along Sokoto-Gusau Road have contacted some of the victims' families. Read more »
June 13, 2022
Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Suspects, Seizes Us, Dubai-Bound Drugs At Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigeria-based Congolese, Kandigu Kadi and a Nigerian, Makowulu Ebuka Anthony, at the NAHCO and SAHCO… Read more »
Nigeria: As Buhari's Administration Winds Down in 11 Months - Nigeria Still Grapples With Terrorism, Kidnappings, Killings
With just eleven months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, the spate of terror attacks, killings by gunmen and kidnapping for ransom has continued unabated… Read more »
June 12, 2022
Nigeria: Burna Boy Flees, Police Escorts Arrested for Shooting Fun-Seekers At Nightclub
Five police escorts attached to top music artiste, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has been arrested for attempted murder after they shot two fun-seekers, Irebami… Read more »
Nigeria: June 12 - Abiodun Reverses Death Sentence On 6 Convicts, Frees 40 Inmates
As part of activities commemorating the 2022 Democracy Day, Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the committal of six convicts on death row to life imprisonment and also… Read more »
Nigeria: 11 Killed, Scores Injured As Gunmen Attack Benue Community
No fewer than 11 persons have been killed and scores injured following the invasion of Igama, Edumoga Ehaje community in Okpokwu local government area of Benue State by unknown… Read more »
Nigeria: Ondo Attack - Bloodbath On Sabbath Day
In this report, TOPE FAYEHUN writes about the terrorist attack which has since left the Ondo community in perpetual grief and sorrow. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Nigerian Passports, Visas Are Scarce
Thousands of Nigerians in Diaspora and locally have applied, paid, and been captured but are yet to be issued their international passport booklets, along with foreign visitors… Read more »
Nigeria: 11 Abducted Train Passengers Released, Over 50 Still Held
After spending about 75 days in the captivity of their abductors following a terrorist attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train where nine passengers were killed and no fewer than 65 others… Read more »
June 10, 2022
Nigeria: U.S. Expresses Concern As Govt Names ISWAP in Owo Church Attack
Following last Sunday's attack by terrorists at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo where scores were killed and many injured, the United States of America (USA) has expressed worry… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Nigeria: 25,000 Illegal Premises Sealed in 8 Years - Pharmacists' Council
The outgoing registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), Dr. Mohammed Elijah, has disclosed that the council has sealed about 25,000 illegal premises across the… Read more »
Nigeria: Death Toll in Owo, Kajuru Killings 72, Ondo Plans Mass Burial
The death toll in Sunday terrorist attacks on a church in Owo, Ondo State, and in Kajuru community in Kaduna State has risen to 72. Read more »
June 08, 2022
Nigeria: 500 Women Groups Give Federal Govt 4 Weeks to Tackle Killings
No fewer than 500 women groups under the aegis of Womanifesto have condemned the attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State which led to the killing of many and have… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Nigeria: North Central Governors Decry Upsurge in Terrorists' Attacks
Niger State governor and chairman of North Central States Governors' Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello, has described as heinous, satanic and heart-breaking the killing of… Read more »
June 05, 2022
Nigeria: Police Ban Indiscriminate Checking of Youths' Phones, Laptops in Kwara
The commissioner of police in Kwara State , Mr Tuesday Assayomo, has warned policemen in the state against indiscriminate stopping and searching of youths in both public and… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Nigeria: Ipob Not Involved in Kidnap, Methodist Prelate Clarifies
Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was kidnapped on Sunday, has said there are plans to destroy Nigeria. Read more »
May 27, 2022
Nigeria: Sultan to Federal Govt - Stop Killings in South East Before Situation Gets Worse
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar lll, has urged the federal government to as a matter of urgency restore law and order in the South East before it is too late. Read more »
May 26, 2022
Nigeria: NUJ Demands Justice for Nation Newspaper Reporter Assaulted By Police
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State council on Wednesday demanded for justice from the state Police Command over the assault on a Reporter of The Nation Newspaper, Yinka… Read more »
Nigeria: Ban On Okada Has Come to Stay in Lagos - Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the state government will go ahead with its proposed ban on commercial motorcyclists, known as Okada on highways and six local… Read more »
Nigeria: Train Attack Victims - Rescue Our Loved Ones, Families Beg Buhari
Worried by the recent audio interview where terrorists who abducted the passengers of the attacked train on the 28th March, 2022 threatened to start killing their abductees in… Read more »
May 24, 2022
Nigeria: Security Challenges Will Soon Be Over - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Kano said Nigeria would definitely overcome all the security challenges evident in the country within the shortest possible time. Read more »
May 23, 2022
Nigeria: 2003 - Court Strikes Out Emefiele's Suit Against AGF, INEC
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has struck out a suit by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney-general of… Read more »
May 21, 2022
Nigeria: Danish Man Sentenced to Death By Hanging for Killing Wife, Daughter
Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile of the Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, a Danish man, Peter Nielsen,… Read more »