By Beadysword Blog News The ongoing case involving Nigerian entertainer Iweh Odinaka, popularly known as Poco Lee, in the United Kingdom should serve as a serious warning to Nigerians travelling abroad: the attitudes, excuses...
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced tighter enforcement of rules around indigenous participation in the country’s cabotage trade, as outlined in its latest marine notice. The enforcement is based on...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lilypond Export Command, has witnessed a leadership transition following the retirement of the outgoing Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Samuel Olusanya Ariyibi. Comptroller Ariyibi formally handed over the affairs...
The Maritime Maritime Journalist’ Association of Nigeria MAJAN,has described the newly signed Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Act, 2026 as a game changer that will significantly boost investor confidence and set the...
The outcome of the Osun State election has sparked renewed debate over the political interests of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his the election. dewsperation to win Osun state has , Critics of...
LAGOS — The General Assembly of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lagos State, has reaffirmed its commitment to truth, unity and the collective interest of Ndigbo, declaring that the organisation must remain a socio-cultural body and not...
IThe Osun governorship election has come and gone, and while many citizens are celebrating the outcome, the memories of the violence that surrounded the electoral process cannot be ignored. Reports of 28 deaths, injuries,...
The APC and Accord Party are being accused of running a vote-buying operation across Osun State ahead of the governorship election, with agents offering voters between N10,000 and N20,000. Unlike previous elections, the payments...
Heavy security deployment Nigeria’s governorship election in Osun State is set for Saturday, and the police have rolled out a major security operation to keep the day peaceful and orderly. The Inspector-General of Police...
A new report has raised serious safety concerns ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State. The Kimpact Development Initiative found 73 election-related violent incidents that resulted in 29 deaths. The state...
The Lagos chapter of the Accord Party has strongly denied reports that it has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for re-election in 2027. Speaking on behalf of the party, Chairman Dele Oladeji said no such...
In a recent interview on Arise Television, constitutional lawyer and political analyst, Sam Amadi, who serves as the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, raised a serious concern about...
Abia State Police Command confirmed the death of five family members. The incident occurred in Umuimo, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area. The victims were identified as Mr Kachi Nnabugwu, his wife Chinaza, and their...
Former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has said that the Igbo were compensated for their losses after the Biafra Civil War. According to Gowon, Igbos who had money in the bank were paid...
Human rights lawyer and public affairs analyst Maxwell has called for the arrest of Femi Gbajabiamila, President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, along with the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, and the Head...
The Federal Government has renamed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced during a media briefing. He said the decision followed wide consultations...
There is a sentence going around again. You have probably seen it in a comment section this week: “Why did she even go to his hotel room? If you go to a man’s hotel...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has asked Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, to issue a public apology to airport officials within seven days and pay...
A video has surfaced showing Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, the man presented as the Director General of a controversial agency the government claims does not exist. The agency in question — the Presidential Foreign Intervention...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, widely known as the Amotekun Corps, has arrested 28 suspects in connection with various criminal activities across the state. Among those taken into custody is a family of...
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is building a new Nigeria aimed at shared prosperity for everyone. Speaking at the inauguration of the Southern Parkway construction in Abuja, the President said the project will...
A disturbing video has emerged showing a kidnapped Kogi State man being violently assaulted by his captors as he pleads for his life. The victim, identified as AB Adebayo (also known as Kemuna), was...
Former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke says she can finally investigate what became of assets and properties linked to her, following her acquittal in a UK corruption trial. A jury at Southwark Crown Court in...
The Nigerian government has signalled it may take action against South African companies operating in Nigeria — including telecom giant MTN — as anger grows over the continued harassment and attacks on Nigerians living...
Resident doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have embarked on a three-day warning strike, and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos branch, is sounding the alarm. The industrial action, which began...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has clarified that he never alleged that any senator’s signature was forged in relation to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. His...
Suspected bandits have killed nine people and injured eleven others in Unguwar Magaji community, located in the Kamaru Ward of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesperson for the Irigwe Youth Movement,...
At least 20 people have been killed in a bandit attack on the Fesken Rafi community in Kebbi State, raising fresh concerns over insecurity in the region. Deputy Governor Umar Tafida led a condolence...
Nigerian music star Davido used his performance at the FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in Los Angeles to draw international attention to the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State. The singer wore a custom-made...
The Iluke Bunu community in Kogi State is in distress after bandits attacked, killing a local school vice principal and kidnapping students preparing for their WAEC examinations. In a separate incident in Minna, Niger...
President Bola Tinubu has dispatched a high-level delegation to Ethiopia to bring home nearly 300 Nigerians held at Kaliti, a maximum-security prison. The delegation includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General. Their...
President Bola Tinubu has approved N10 billion in emergency funds to prepare Nigeria for a possible Ebola outbreak. The decision follows recent Ebola cases reported in other parts of Africa. The money will help...
A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has called for the immediate creation of state police in Nigeria, arguing it is the only way to effectively tackle the country’s...