The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has launched a multi-agency task force to tackle the persistent traffic gridlock on roads leading to the Lagos ports. The move is aimed at improving cargo movement out of...
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...
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced a major increase in the wages of Nigerian seafarers, aligning with International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. Dr Dayo Mobereola, Director General of NIMASA, announced...
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 Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), through its PTML Area Command, and the Ports Authority Police Western Command have strengthened their partnership to improve security across the country’s maritime domain. The move came after Customs...
High Chief Tochukwu Ezisi, President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), has been conferred with the prestigious Award of Grand Patronship by Pro Wrestling Africa (also known as the Confederation...
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....
Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) has announced plans to invest $50 million in expanding port infrastructure and improving operational efficiency. The proposed investment is aimed at positioning Nigeria as a leading maritime hub...
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,...
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...
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...
Dr Boniface Aniebonam, founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), recently spoke about the ongoing challenges at Nigeria’s ports. He explained why NAGAFF...
A new video has surfaced online showing a man believed to be Bello Turji, one of Nigeria’s most wanted bandit leaders. In the recording, he claims responsibility for recent attacks on security operatives in...
Mrs Helen Prest Ajayi and her daughter, Tomisin Ajayi, have filed an appeal against a Lagos State High Court judgment concerning the estate of the late Dr. Tosin Ajayi. The appeal challenges the...
Omoyele Sowore, activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has been remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. The order came from the Federal High Court following a cybercrime charge...
Everybody says, “Friends are wicked, friends are scam” But when sunshine was sick, Chidera stayed. When Blessing was sick & struggling, Beady stayed. When Alex passed away, Vintage and IK Ogbonna stayed. Maybe friendship...
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...
President Tinubu Grants Customs CG Adeniyi Six-Month Tenure Extension President Bola Tinubu has approved a six-month extension for Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Adeniyi will now remain...
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...
Yiaga Africa has reported inconsistencies between the ballot papers, result sheets, and the final list of candidates published by INEC in the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election. In a statement, the election observation group...
Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social Thought and Politics, says attacks on Peter Obi have not hurt his popularity because there are no credible corruption or scandal allegations against him....
Scholars, Traditional Rulers, Cultural Icons, and Public Leaders to Gather in Honour of Global Art Legend The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in collaboration with the University Senior Staff Club, cordially invites members...
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,...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned what it describes as ethnic profiling and threats to deport Northern women by the Ondo State Amotekun security corps. The Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) earlier...
When Nigerians Protest for Kidnapped Children, Why Do Some People Feel Threatened? By Beadysword Insight More than 30 days after schoolchildren and teachers were kidnapped in Oyo State, a painful question remains: Why does...
Beadysword Insight “Stop bringing us slogans. Bring us economic solutions.” say the Ndigboamaka ProgressivMarket Association, an umbrella body of over 58 major markets in Lagos dering a roundtable with Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria...