April 15
Nigeria: NDLEA Warns Against New Illicit Drugs Mixture 'Combine'
NDLEA said "Combine" is a mixture of strains of canabis, colos, loud and opioids soaked in raw gin, saying there's no shorter route to death than taking it. Read more »
Nigeria: Avoid Corrupt Politicians, Governor Nwifuru Advises New Supreme Court Judge
The judge was inaugurated alongside 10 other justices to the Supreme Court bench in February. Read more »
Nigeria: Betta Edu, Sadiya Farouq, Others Not Yet Cleared of Alleged Fraud - EFCC
EFCC clarified in a statement on Sunday that it "has not cleared anyone allegedly involved in the fraud at the humanitarian ministry. Read more »
Nigeria: After Bobrisky, More Celebrities to Face Trial for Naira Abuse - EFCC
Days after securing the conviction of Bobrisky, EFCC says some celebrities have been invited for investigations for naira abuse, and made useful statements. Read more »
Nigeria: Chibok and Nigeria's Unremitting Plague of Kidnappings
The failure to deal effectively with the fallout of Chibok has arguably opened the floodgates. Read more »
April 14
Nigeria: NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians to Banned Soap
NAFDAC says the soap asked members of the public in possession of the soap to discontinue sale or use, and submit stock to its nearest office. Read more »
April 12
Nigeria: UK Tribunal Imposes More Punishment On Nigerian Doctor Accused of Sex With Patient
The tribunal heard that the pair had consensual sexual intercourse in the hospital toilet cubicle and at her home. Read more »
April 11
Nigeria: Tinubu to Declare Open Nigeria's Justice Sector Reforms Summit
The summit aims to address the myriads of problems plaguing the Nigerian justice sector. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Arrest 54 for Alleged Plot to Disrupt Kano Sallah Durbar
The police say the suspects wanted to disrupt the Eid celebrations at the palace of the Emir of Kano Read more »
Nigeria: Enugu Community Resorts to Invoking Deities Against Pro-Biafra Attacks, Killings
The community had witnessed frequent attacks and killings by the pro-Biafra gunmen. Read more »
April 07
Nigeria: Nigerian Army Speaks On Allegation of Bias in Trial of Soldiers
Mr Nwachukwu said that the Nigerian army was a composite national institution and not an ethnic militia. Read more »
Nigeria: Arrest of Trailers Loaded With Passengers Will Continue Across Nigeria - FRSC
The JTF established by the corps marshal had apprehended 35 trailers carrying 982 passengers between March 23 and March 30. Read more »
April 08
Chad: Kidnappings in Chad Could Spark Regional Security Crisis
The Chad-Cameroon-CAR border area is a powder keg of crime that needs swift action from all three governments. Read more »
April 04
Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Launches Another Round of Appeal Against Treasonable Felony Trial
Nnamdi Kanu's fresh appeal comes barely three months after the Supreme Court, in December 2023, dismissed his earlier appeal with respect to the trial that started in 2015. Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC to Arraign Bobrisky for Alleged Money Laundering, Other Offences
Bobrisky was detained at the EFCC Lagos office on Wednesday. Read more »
Nigeria: Group Stages Walk Against Femicide, Submits Draft Bill to Lagos Assembly
Femicide is regarded as "the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls". Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Detained Bobrisky - EFCC
The EFCC has shared more details of popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky's arrest and detention. Read more »
Nigeria: Failure to Arraign Binance Officials in Tax Evasion, Money Laundering Cases
Binance and its two officials - Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla - were scheduled to be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on five counts of money laundering… Read more »
Nigeria: Anti-Graft Body Detains Popular Crossdresser
The EFCC has detained popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky. Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Displace 289,375 Residents of 551 Kaduna Communities - Official
"551 affected communities and 289,375 displaced persons across 12 Local Government Areas" Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Lawmaker Delivered Rehabilitated Building As New Under Constituency Projects
Instead of delivering a new building as provided in the budget for the constituency project, Jonathan Gaza, in connivance with the contractor and implementing agency, renovated an… Read more »
April 03
Nigeria: Chief Judge Rejects Requests to Pardon Murder, Kidnap Suspects
The CJ, who was accompanied by senior magistrates and other principal officials of the state Ministry of Justice, reviewed a total of 61 cases bordering on murder, kidnap, and… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians With Disabilities Experience Discrimination Despite Existing Laws
About 13 years after Lagos State put in place an anti-discrimination law, and five years after the federal government did the same, PWDs in the state still experience… Read more »
April 02
Nigeria: Nigerian Police Commissioner Found Dead
The late DCP, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, had left Lagos State for his private residence in Ogbomoso for the… Read more »
Nigeria: Amnesty Tackles Nigerian Govt Over Failure to Prosecute Deborah Samuel's Murderers
Ms Samuel was lynched by fellow students of Shehu Shagari College of Education in the state in May 2022. Read more »