October 19, 2025
Nigeria: EFCC, NIS, NCOS Complete Deportation of 192 Foreigners Convicted for Cybercrimes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the… Read more »
Nigeria: NSCDC Warns #freennamdikanunow Protesters Against Vandalism
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has issued a strong warning to protesters under the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Movement… Read more »
October 20, 2025
Nigeria: Group Demands Release of Detained Ijaw Activist
Ijaw People's Development Initiative (IPDI) has demanded the unconditional release of 'General' Godstime Ogidigba who was arrested by the police officers attached to the zonal… Read more »
Nigeria: Group Disowns Defection to APC, Backs PDP for 2027 in Plateau
Former campaign coordinators and supporters of the defunct Liberation Movement (LM), a political structure of former Plateau State governorship aspirant under the platform of PDP,… Read more »
October 19, 2025
Nigeria: 'Atiku Right On Nnamdi Kanu's Case', Ethnic Leaders Back Call for Political Solution
A coalition of youth leaders under the aegis of the Ethnic Youth Leaders for Peace (EYLP) has thrown its weight behind former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's call for a political… Read more »
Nigeria: #FreeNnamdiKanu - Police Deny Obtaining Court Order to Stop Protest
The Nigeria Police have debunked a reported court order obtained to stop the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest organised to demand the release of embattled leader of proscribed Indigenous… Read more »
Nigeria: Ned Nwoko Denies Domestic Violence Allegations By Wife Regina, Says Drug Abuse Behind Rift
Nigerian lawmaker and businessman, Senator Ned Nwoko, has denied allegations of domestic violence made against him by his wife and Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, saying her drug… Read more »
October 20, 2025
Nigeria: Victims of Separatist Violence Oppose Calls for Nnamdi Kanu's Release
The Forum of Victims of Separatist Violence (FVSV), a coalition representing families of slain civilians, traders, farmers and security personnel, has voiced strong opposition to… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Don't Want Coups, Say Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum
Regional groups in Nigeria, including Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum and Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have declared that Nigerians do not want a military coup to truncate the… Read more »
October 16, 2025
Nigeria: Bandits 'Kill 10 Security Operatives' in Zamfara
Bandits have killed 10 security operatives in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State. Read more »
October 15, 2025
Nigeria: FRSC Personnel Discover ₦6.2m Cash At Accident Scene in Katsina
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Funtua LGA of Katsina State have returned ₦6.2 million cash and other items recovered from a fatal road accident scene to… Read more »
Nigeria: Kano Coach Jailed 8 Years for Defiling Underage Player
A Kano State High Court sitting in Kano has convicted and sentenced a football coach, Hayatu Muhammad, to eight years imprisonment without the option of a fine for sodomising one… Read more »
Nigeria: Meeting Disruptions - El-Rufai, Others Floor Police in Court, Get N15m Compensation
A High Court sitting in Kaduna, on Wednesday, awarded the sum of N15 million against the Kaduna State Police Command as damages for disrupting the August 30, 2025 and September 4,… Read more »
Nigeria: Abuja Lawyer Charged With Forgery Gets ₦30m Bail
An Abuja-based lawyer, Ibitade Bukola, alongside her co-defendant, Barrister Victor Giwa, facing charges of alleged document forgery and impersonation of a Senior Advocate of… Read more »
Nigeria: House of Reps Seek Ban of Hazardous Pesticides
The House of Representatives has urged its relevant committees to liaise with key agencies and stakeholders to develop a framework for the gradual phase-out and eventual ban of… Read more »
Africa: Coup - AU Suspends Madagascar
The African Union (AU) said it has suspended Madagascar "with immediate effect" after a coup saw an elite army unit seized power following President Andry Rajoelina's escape from… Read more »
Nigeria: With Mbah, Uzodimma, Nwaifuru, Ndigbo Has Come to Mainstream Politics - Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that with the movement of Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the continuous energy exhibited… Read more »
October 14, 2025
Nigeria: Why Many People Are Defecting to APC - VP Shettima
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the gale of defections by politicians from other political parties to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Can't a Be Passive Observer in War Against Cybercrime - Fagbemi
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, has called for a united and coordinated national front against the growing wave of… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Sets Up 12-Man Committee to Counter U.S. Genocide Claims Against Nigeria
The Nigerian Senate has constituted a 12-member ad-hoc committee to advise the legislature on how to respond to growing international concerns over alleged United States-backed… Read more »
Nigeria: 'I Was Called Names for Joining APC', Orji Kalu Taunts Critics, Says Party Ready to Sweep 2027 Polls
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has taunted his critics, recalling how he was called names and mocked when… Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Not Worried About Defectors, Nigerians Want Multi-Party Democracy - Governor Makinde
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the Nigerians want a multiparty democracy where ideas can be shared. Read more »
October 13, 2025
Nigeria: IMF Urges Nigeria, Others to Strengthen Governance, Curb Illicit Financial Flows
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria and other emerging economies to strengthen governance systems and tackle illicit financial flows, warning that failure to do… Read more »
Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Not Charged With Terrorism, Says Lawyer
A human rights lawyer, Chinomso Okezie, has dismissed claims linking the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to terrorism, saying such… Read more »
October 12, 2025
Nigeria: State Pardon - You Have Wasted NDLEA's Efforts to Curtail Narcotics, Melaye Tells Tinubu
Former Kogi West Senator, Barrister Dino Melaye, has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu over the recent presidential pardon granted to drug offenders serving jail terms,… Read more »
