November 26, 2023
Sierra Leone: Prisoners Abducted During Sierra Leone Security Breach - Official
"The prisons were thus overrun. Some prisoners were abducted by the assailants while many others were released," he wrote on X. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Student Faces Jail Time, Deportation Over Threat to Bomb UK University
Mr Okwuoha, 26, claimed he had enlisted ISIS, an international terrorist organisation, to help bomb the university in Scotland. Read more »
November 23, 2023
Nigeria: Police Arrest Suspected Firearms Fabricator in Jigawa
The police said the suspected firearms fabticator was arrested on 16 November. Read more »
November 24, 2023
Nigeria: What Femi Olaleye's Life Sentence Means for Fight Against SGBV in Lagos
Between August 2022 and July 2023, Lagos State's Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) recorded 5,624 cases, ranging from domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, child abuse,… Read more »
Nigeria: PDP Governors Canvass New Revenue Formula, React to Court Judgements On Elections
The PDP governors said they believe that the Supreme Court will do justice in the cases where the party recorded temporary setbacks like Zamfara and Plateau. Read more »
November 23, 2023
Nigeria: Terrorism Financing - Minister Orders Probe of Prison Officials' Alleged Connivance With Inmates
The minister condemned the unpatriotic act, directing the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to investigate the disturbing allegation. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Music Company Chocolate City in Trouble, May Lose 60% Shares
Chocolate City's trouble is a fallout of a recent judgement of a High Court in London. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Troops Rescue 31 Kidnapped Victims in Sokoto
The army said the operator was part of its offensive to get rid of terrorists from the region. Read more »
Nigeria: Three Killed in Zamfara As Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack
The attack was repelled by security agents after three residents were killed. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Bill to Stop Imprisonment of Issuers of Dud Cheques Passes Second Reading At Senate
The bill proposes a fine of N5 million against big business corporations and N1 million against small business entities found culpable of issuing dud cheques. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: 2024 - Gov Eno Presents N845.6 Billion Budget to Akwa Ibom Lawmakers
The governor said the state government is expected to internally generate N60 billion to partly fund the budget. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Police Officers Torture Landlord to Death
The police commissioner confirmed the arrest of the operatives. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu's Predecessors Battered, Neglected Nigeria Police - IGP
The IGP said Nigeria has about a 1:1,000 policing ratio as against the United Nations recommended policing ratio of one police to 400 citizens. Read more »
November 22, 2023
Nigeria: Senate Moves to Revise Nigerian Laws
The Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters is to interface with the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to revise the laws. Read more »
November 21, 2023
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Revokes 1,633 Mining Licences
"In line with the powers conferred on me by the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007, Section 5 (a), I have approved the revocation of the 1,633 titles," the minister said. Read more »
Nigeria: We Suspended Chief Judge, We Didn't Remove Her - Osun Speaker
The Osun State Speaker, during an emergency plenary, said the suspension was based on series of petitions received by the assembly against the Chief Judge. Read more »
Nigeria: Appeal Court Judgement - Police Warn Against Violence in Nasarawa
Governor Sule of Nasarawa State challenged the decision of the tribunal sacking him at the Appeal Court, which heard his appeal on 15 November and reserved judgment to a date yet… Read more »
Nigeria: Gov Uzodinma Presents N185 Million to Families of Slain Security Operatives
Injured security operatives also got compensation from the Imo State Government. Read more »
November 20, 2023
Nigeria: Plateau Poll - Nigerian Lawmaker Under Fire for Boasting APC Will Influence Supreme Court's Judgement
In a video trending on the social media, Mr Gagdi was heard boasting at a rally in the state on Sunday about the APC's ability to sway victory for itself at the Supreme Court. Read more »
West Africa: Nigeria Rallies Support for Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows in West Africa
Nigeria's Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, made the appeal at the inauguration of the 27th Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of GIABA,… Read more »
November 19, 2023
Nigeria: Appeal Court Sacks Plateau Governor
The three-member panel of the appeal court gave a unanimous ruling. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Indicts Hospital's Chief Medical Director of Job Racketeering
The statement termed the conduct of the teaching hospital chief and his accomplices as a "flagrant abuse of extant rules and regulations." Read more »
Nigeria: Militants Kill Policeman, Abduct 13 Others in Fresh Zamfara Attack
Six women were among those abducted. Read more »
November 18, 2023
Nigeria: Ousted Kano Governor Heads to Supreme Court
"I hereby inform the people of Kano State and well-meaning Nigerians that based on consensus of our stakeholders we have instructed our lawyers to appeal against the judgment at… Read more »
November 19, 2023
Nigeria: Navy Embarks on Exercise to Curb Illegal Fishing
Mr Hassan, a rear admiral, said that the name of the exercise was taken from both the Yoruba and English languages in which the first word "EJA" means fish in English. Read more »