Nigeria: Lawyers Identify Obstacles to ACJ Law Implementation in Cross River

The Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) law was enacted to speed up criminal trials, protect suspects' rights, and eliminate delays caused by outdated procedural practices. Read more »

Nigeria: Lagos Govt Announces $10m Makoko Water City Plan Amid Tension Over Mass Demolition

The Lagos State Government said the state will contribute $2 million, with the United Nations expected to provide up to $8 million for the "water city" project aimed at modernising… Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Crisis - Wike's Faction Holds NEC Meeting, Announces Date for National Convention

The faction announced the dates after a National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, affirming the extension of its caretaker committees and insisting its actions comply with the… Read more »

Nigeria: Ebonyi Community Requests Governor Nwifuru to Lift 'Siege' After Killings

They spoke at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, on the heels of the penalties handed down by Governor Nwifuru to the Amasiri community following the killing at Okporojo. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Arrest Government Official, Two Traditional Rulers Over Ebonyi Killings

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi had earlier sacked political appointees and dethroned traditional rulers from the Amasiri community over alleged complicity in the violent land… Read more »

Nigeria: Benue Massacre - Court Remands Suspected Terrorists

The suspects were alleged to have carried out the attack on June 13, 2025, where many houses were burnt down, and about 150 people were massacred Read more »

Nigeria: Inside 57 Terrorism Charges Detailing Alleged Roles of Nine Defendants in June 2025 Benue Massacre

In counts 3 to 16 and 25, the prosecution accused Mr Ardo, who appeared to be the prime suspect, of directing and providing material and financial support for terrorism, including… Read more »

Nigeria: Onitsha Traders Defy IPOB Sit-At-Home, Partially Reopen Market After Soludo's Threat

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State ordered the closure of the market when he visited last week and observed that shops were closed in compliance with IPOB's sit-at-home. Read more »

Nigeria: Malami Asks Court to Set Aside Interim Forfeiture Order On 57 Assets Traced to Him

Mr Malami, who served as the AGF during the late former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration, sought two categories of orders lifting the interim forfeiture orders on the… Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Suspends Mining, Imposes Curfew Amid Fresh Attacks

Even as authorities moved to restrict mining in Bokkos, fresh violence was reported in Riyom Local Government Area, where at least three residents of the Kwi community were killed… Read more »

Nigeria: FG Arraigns Nine Benue Massacre Suspects for Terrorism

The prosecution linked the suspected terrorists to the 13 June 2025 attack in Yelwata, Benue State, where many houses were burnt down and about 150 people were massacred. Read more »

Nigeria: Reporter's Diary - How Lagos Police's Brutality Against Protesters, Journalists Put My Life in Danger

I could barely breathe. My eyes burned. I gasped for air and repeatedly told the officers, "I cannot breathe. I am a journalist." It did not matter. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt to Arraign More Suspects Linked to Benue Killings

This comes five months after the AGF office arraigned nine terrorism suspects linked to the 13 June 2025 attack in Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Repel Attack, Kill Four Bandits in Benue

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Udeme Edet, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday Read more »

Nigeria: Investigation - Pension Thief Maina Bought Us Properties Before Money Laundering Conviction

Nigeria's anti-graft agency, EFCC, which successfully prosecuted Mr Maina for money laundering, was not even aware of the purchases. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Detain Officers Who Allegedly Shot Motorcyclist Dead

The latest incident occurred about 15 months after police operatives from the Crack Squad in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, shot dead a labourer and critically injured three others in… Read more »

Nigeria: My Role in $6.23m Cash Withdrawal From CBN Vault During Emefiele's Tenure - Official

The prosecution witness, who is a CBN official, narrated the roles he played in facilitating the suspicious withdrawal of $6.23 million cash from the bank's vault in February 2023. Read more »

Nigeria: Nollywood Actor Arrested for Alleged Role in Coup Plot to Topple Tinubu

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the actor was hired to play the role of a propagandist by the alleged coupists who planned to assassinate top government officials. Read more »

Nigeria: Suspected Coup Plotters Planned to Truncate Buhari's Handing Over to Tinubu

The coup was initially scheduled for 29 May 2023 during the presidential inauguration, sources told this newspaper. Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Constitutes Committee to Harmonise Views On Electoral Act Amendment

Senate President Godswill Akpabio set up the ad hoc committee to harmonise senators' views on some contentious clauses in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Read more »

Nigeria: Colonel Ma'aji - the Architect of Nigeria's Foiled Coup Plot

Apart from being the architect of the coup, the infantry officer is believed to have bankrolled the process. Read more »

Nigeria: Controversy Trails Abduction of Tinubu Campaign Coordinator in Zamfara

Mr Isa, the North-west youth leader for President Bola Tinubu's reelection campaign, was reportedly taken by armed men in the state capital, Gusau, on Thursday night. Read more »

Nigeria: How the Coup to Topple, Kill Tinubu Was Uncovered and Foiled

Investigators say the coup plotters planned to assassinate President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Uncover N7.7 Billion Telecom Fraud, Arrest Six Suspects

The police said the syndicate was exposed following a petition by a Nigerian telecom operator, which reported suspicious and unauthorised activities within its billing and payment… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Bust Syndicate Involved in International Trafficking of Women

"Preliminary investigations indicate that a (trafficking) victim who is a native of Abia State was allegedly deceived into resigning from her job in Aba with the promise of a more… Read more »