The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering a major review of its election technology systems, along with a mock presidential election, as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections. Chairman Prof. Joash...
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya has been elected as the new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). She is now the second woman to hold the position in the association’s 66-year history. The election was conducted...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has announced plans to take legal action against the Federal Government over the recent allocation of luxury houses to judges in Abuja’s Katampe district. He described the move as...
On July 14, 2026, gunmen stormed Government Secondary School, Odo-Ekina, in Kogi State. They abducted the school principal, a NECO ad hoc staff member, and four students while they were in the middle of...
With many recalling the individuals whose assets were forfeited during Malami’s tenure as Attorney General (2015–2023). The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of 48 properties linked to the...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), in Osun State. The arrest brings an end to a weeks-long manhunt...
Nehemiah Danjuma has made history as the first deaf lawyer from Northern Nigeria to be called to the Bar. Danjuma, from Jaba, Kaduna State, studied Common Law at the University of Ilorin, graduating with...
The Federal Government is facing mounting pressure to apply the same successful tactics used in the Oyo rescue operation to other regions facing similar security challenges. Following the rescue of 44 abducted pupils and...
The Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle, Tricycle Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) has applauded the All Progressives Congress (APC) for retaining President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima as its ticket for the...
The House of Representatives has passed a constitutional amendment bill that paves the way for the establishment of state police across Nigeria. This is a major step in the ongoing conversation about decentralising the...
Dangote Industries Limited has started preliminary work on a major refinery project in Kenya valued at $17 billion. The facility, once complete, will process up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil each day, supplying...
Ali Modu Sheriff, the former governor of Borno State, has accused Peter Obi of having secessionist tendencies linked to Biafra. He suggested that Obi’s political ambitions are aimed at dividing Nigeria. Sheriff made these...
Four civilians have been killed and several houses razed after bandits attacked two communities and a hospital amid renewed communal violence between Fulani and Kamuku groups in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State....
“From Igboland to NASA. 🇳🇬🚀 Dr Wendy Okolo is proving that Igbo excellence knows no boundaries. Congratulations to a woman inspiring millions across the world!” The Igbo nation has produced remarkable achievers across the...
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies, known as Discos, lost more than 1.13 million customers over the past year. The main reasons are unreliable power supply and rising energy costs. This loss happened even though the...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, demands spending accountability from President Bola Tinubu’s government. He also challenged the widespread corruption, citing an IMF report that revealed ₦8.83 trillion in government...
Security operatives in Cross River State have successfully dismantled a baby-selling syndicate, rescuing a newborn who had been sold for ₦3 million through a carefully planned fake pregnancy scheme. The Cross River State Homeland...
Former Jigawa State Governor Suleiman Lamido has publicly criticised Alhaji Isa Pantami over his past remarks referring to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an “infidel party.” Lamido expressed disappointment over the comment, describing...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised serious concerns over what he describes as illegal off-budget spending by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. According to Atiku, the government has allegedly spent ₦8.8 trillion...
Anti-Immigrant Protests Leave Some South African Businesses Counting Heavy Losses Some business owners in South Africa say recent anti-immigrant protests and immigration enforcement operations have had an unexpected impact on local economies, with many...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) is set to represent Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who is facing criminal charges filed by the Federal Government over alleged forgery, conspiracy, impersonation, and the use of forged presidential...
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has appointed actor-turned-politician Kenneth Okonkwo as his spokesperson for the 2027 presidential election campaign. The appointment was contained in a letter shared...
A fresh controversy has erupted over Nigeria’s 2026 Appropriation Act after a council the Presidency says does not exist was found to have received ₦1.302 billion in the approved federal budget. The controversy centres...
The Fabulous International Achievers Award (FLAA) 2026 once again demonstrated its commitment to nation-building by combining intellectual discourse with the celebration of excellence at its prestigious Achievers Awards Banquet, held on June 28,...
The National Secretary of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ikenna Enekweizu, has raised concerns that certain individuals are trying to prevent the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from contesting in the 2027 general elections....
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) is preparing to appeal a Federal High Court ruling in Lokoja that cancelled its registration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Party leaders, including presidential candidate Peter Obi...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has launched a new initiative called the Grow Fund for Small Businesses in Nigeria – a N500 million zero-interest loan fund for micro,...
The recent court ruling that ordered the deregistration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) will not stand. That’s the message from Peter Obi, the party’s 2027 presidential candidate. Obi called the Kogi State High...
Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the North East are pushing back against a directive that would require them to work alongside former insurgents who have been reintegrated under the Borno State deradicalisation programme....
The Nigerian Senate has passed a constitutional amendment bill to establish State Police across the country. This is the biggest change to how Nigeria handles security since the 1999 Constitution was written. The bill,...
Repentant Bandits Kill Grandson Of District Head, Abduct Nine Others In Kaduna Highway, Farm Attacks* A group of bandits who were said to have “repented” have reportedly killed a farmer they abducted in Kaduna...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled a large-scale clandestine methamphetamine production facility hidden in a forest in Tapa Village, Oyo state. The operation, carried out on June 17,...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has warned Nigerian governors not to misuse state police once the government approves its creation. The National Assembly is currently working on setting up state police to help improve...