November 24, 2025
Nigeria: Again, Court Reschedules Akpoti-Uduaghan's Cybercrime Trial
The case has now been adjourned three times after Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned in June by the federal government over her assassination plot allegation against Senate… Read more »
Nigeria: How Bandits Abducted 40 Women, Children in Kebbi Before Abducting Schoolgirls
A resident told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday that an LGA in the southern district of the state is under the siege of terrorists. Read more »
November 23, 2025
Nigeria: Imo Govt, Eedc Trade Words Over Alleged Plot to Sabotage Electricity Project
This is coming barely one week after some parts of Imo State experienced a three-day blackout following the withdrawal of services by electricity workers over the alleged invasion… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway - Court Strikes Out Winhomes Estate Suit Against Govt, Contractor
The court ruled that the case falls outside its jurisdiction. Read more »
Nigeria: Thirteen People Abducted As Soldiers Kill 18 Boko Haram Insurgents in Borno
Soldiers killed 18 Boko Haram fighters while repelling an attack on Mallam Fatori in the Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Confirms Release of 38 Abducted Kwara Worshippers As Governor Details Joint Rescue Operation
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, confirmed on Sunday that the abductees had regained freedom Read more »
Nigeria: Not a Genocide, but Religious Freedoms Are At Risk in Nigeria
Anti-Christian violence combines the limitations that non-Muslims face under Islamic law, as well as the unclaimed violence in central Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - Ex-NBA President Challenges Tinubu to Name Those Allegedly Waging War Against Nigeria
Wole Olanipekun said President Tinubu is the inheritor of the current security challenges and should not reap what he did not sow. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity - PDP Accuses Tinubu of 'Surrendering to Terrorists', Wants President to Seek Help or Resign
"We warn that this closure, if undertaken, like many of this administration's quick-fix approaches to serious governance issues, will amount to a complete surrender to terrorists,… Read more »
Nigeria: 'Schools Under Siege, Leadership Missing - ' Amaechi Blasts Tinubu Over Worsening Security Challenges
Nigeria has more than 18 million out-of-school children -- the highest number globally, according to UNICEF. Amaechi warns that recurring attacks on schools could deepen the… Read more »
Nigeria: Worsening Insecurity - Armed Persons Attack Police Officers in Bauchi, Kill Two
The latest incident adds to the escalating insecurity across Nigeria, where armed groups terrorise the citizenry, killing and kidnapping at will. Read more »
November 21, 2025
Nigeria: 'Only Nnamdi Kanu's Release Can Save You in 2027,' Cubana Chief Priest Tells Tinubu
"President Bola Tinubu, as long as MNK remains in jail, you cannot and will never get up to 10,000 votes in the South-East come 2027. I will not lie to you, Papa..." Read more »
Nigeria: South-East Residents, Ipob React to Nnamdi Kanu's Life Imprisonment
Mr Kanu, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, had been facing trial since 2015 when he was first arrested by… Read more »
Nigeria: Kwara Church Abductions - Terrorists Demand N100 Million Ransom Per Victim
The secretary of the church, Josiah Agbabiaka, said the abductors divided the captives into clusters. Read more »
Nigeria: Kwara Church Releases Names of 38 Abducted Members Emerge Amid Growing Pressure On Security Agencies
According to the Ilorin-based newspaper, "the youngest victim is seven years old and the oldest is 64," while "30 of the 38 abductees are women." Read more »
Nigeria: Court Vacates Order Freezing Nestoil's Assets
Justice D.E. Osiagor ruled that "there is no longer a subsisting ex parte order having spent 14 days of the motion on notice challenging the same." Read more »
Nigeria: Audit Report Indicts Nnpcl Over N684 Million Irregular Contracts, Abandoned Projects
The audit paints a troubling picture of weak controls, opaque transactions and potential diversion of public funds by the state-owned oil company. Read more »
Nigeria: Gangsterism and Nigeria's Season of Anomie, By Jibrin Ibrahim
It has been another tough week for Nigerians confronted with political gangsterism from the highest levels of the State that is tearing Nigeria at the seams. There is apparently a… Read more »
November 20, 2025
Nigeria: Insecurity - Dawn Commission Seeks Urgent Legislative Backing for State Police
The commission expressed worry over the increasing scale and frequency of attacks by terrorists, bandits and other criminal groups. Read more »
Nigeria: Olusegun Awolowo Is Dead
Olusegun Awolowo, a lawyer, is the grandson of the late Premier of the Western Region, Obafemi Awolowo. Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Mining Probe - Ministry Faults Reps Panel's Claim, Affirms Cordial Ties With Legislature
The committee had claimed that the solid minerals ministry and others had shown reluctance to engage constructively with it despite being central to the reforms and regulatory… Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Warns of Rising Political Rascality, Urges Reset of Nigeria's Leadership Culture
Mr Jonathan said that while every professional field requires certification, competence and discipline, politics remains the only sector where individuals ascend to leadership… Read more »
November 21, 2025
Nigeria: Timeline - Inside Nnamdi Kanu's Journey From Biafra Activism to Conviction for Terrorism
Mr Kanu, who was convicted for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, had been facing trial since 2015 when he was first arrested by Nigeria's authorities. Read more »
November 20, 2025
Nigeria: UN Security Council Discusses Insecurity in Nigeria, Other West African Countries
Top officials raised fresh concerns over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel, calling for urgent, coordinated regional action to confront… Read more »
Nigeria: Groups Petition UN, ICC for Independent Probe of Nigerian Killings
The groups said recurring violence, coupled with what they described as slow progress in securing justice domestically, necessitated external intervention. Read more »
