Sunday, November 2, 2025
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Lagos, Nigeria – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent anti-corruption advocacy group, has given Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House...
Lagos, Nigeria – 13 August 2025 – Critics have accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of exhibiting tribalism, nepotism, and Igbophobia in its approach to high-profile...
Lagos, Nigeria – In a significant move to resolve recent disruptions in the country’s aviation sector, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development,...
Abuja, 13 August 2025 – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched an investigation into renowned Fuji musician Mr Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as...
Lagos, 12 August 2025 – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued a scathing rebuke of Ibom Air and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON)...
Washington, DC – 8 August 2025 – The United States has escalated its pursuit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by doubling the reward for information...
Abuja, 7 August 2025 – Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has reportedly suffered a broken arm following a confrontation with...
Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has lambasted the Nigeria Police Force for what it describes as an “overreach” and “affront to the...
Enugu, Nigeria – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has filed a defamation suit against social commentator Reno...
Abuja, Nigeria – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), alongside four concerned Nigerians, has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has categorically denied any involvement by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
(EFCC) has secured the conviction of nine Chinese nationals for offences related to cyberterrorism and internet fraud
The ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been adjourned until 10 October 2025. The Federal High...
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, recommences today at the Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for a comprehensive independent audit of Nigeria's state-owned refineries before any privatisation proceeds, accusing the federal government of...
Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of Enugu State has reaffirmed his administration's unwavering commitment to transparency and anti-corruption measures during a meeting with the Chairman of...
Muhammadu Buhari, the former President of Nigeria has died at the age of 82. The announcement was made by his family on Sunday afternoon, confirming...
In 2007, the contest to rule Nigeria was between two sons of Katsina State. From the Katsina Emirate, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua ran on the ticket...
In a bold move to combat corruption and promote transparency in Nigeria's oil sector, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent diplomatic engagements in Saint Lucia and Brazil have been hailed as a triumph for Nigeria’s global standing, yet his apparent...
Nigerian Court Orders Forfeiture of Properties, Cars, and Millions in Bank Fraud Case
The Former Governor of Benue State -Suswam Awaits Ruling on No-Case Submission in N3.1bn Fraud Trial
Suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State, dismissing...
NBA Stands Firm on Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme
Kaduna, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended nine individuals suspected of illegal mining activities in Niger State, the agency announced...
Kano, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated a thorough investigation into Ahmad Salisu, who was apprehended by the Nigeria Customs...
Abuja, 8 July 2025 – The Nigeria National Assembly has heightened security measures in anticipation of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s return to the Senate today, following...
Abuja, 7 July 2025 – Three members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking...
“The mind grows old, no less than the body.” Aristotle, The Politics, Book II, Ch. 9, 146 (Penguin Classics, 1981) A little over two decades...
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is standing trial for alleged financial...
By Ifeanyi Ejiofor It is with an overwhelming sense of grief, deep outrage, and utter condemnation that I address the tragic, senseless, and cold-blooded massacre...
Abuja, 1 July 2025 – A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, has rejected the bail applications of three promoters...
Washington, DC – The United States Department of Justice has announced charges against several Nigerian nationals implicated in large-scale health care fraud schemes targeting Medicare...
Enugu, Nigeria – Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State hosted a high-profile delegation of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders at the Government House on Sunday,...
On June 24, 2025, Justice E.C. Mwita of the Kenyan High Court in Nairobi ruled that the abduction, detention, and rendition of Nnamdi Kanu from...
Lagos, Nigeria – A contentious legal dispute over a demolished property in Ikeja has escalated, with former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi alleging further unlawful...
Nairobi, 27 June 2025 – A High Court in Nairobi has ruled that the abduction and detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) of Nigeria has recommended the compulsory retirement of ten judges from the Imo State Judiciary following investigations into allegations of...
The recent demolition of business premises belonging to the younger brother of former presidential candidate Peter Obi has ignited widespread controversy, raising serious questions about...
Lagos, 26 June 2025 – Confidential discussions are reportedly underway between Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Attorney General of the...
Lafia, Nasarawa State – A High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced gospel singer Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal murder...
Lagos, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has firmly rejected claims by Mr. Peter Obi that it was responsible for the demolition of a property...
Our collective descent into lawlessness has reached a disgraceful and terrifying new low. On Saturday, around 7:30PM, Hon. Justice E.G. Umokoro of the Bayelsa State...
Abuja, 24 June 2025 – The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has confirmed the arrest of 28 suspects linked to a devastating attack in Yelewata...
As a lawyer, Joe worried about two intractable and interrelated problems: delay in justice delivery and judicial performance. His intellect and temperament were well suited...
Makurdi, Nigeria – 21 June 2025 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor...
Lagos State Police Command scored a major victory against crime on June 20, 2025. Operatives nabbed Wasiu Akinwande, a 44-year-old alleged hired killer, in a...
Who Owns Nigeria – The People or Their Predators by Ifeanyi Ejiofor Just 48 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Benue State – purportedly...
Lagos, Nigeria – On Thursday, 19 June 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Ibrahim Abubakar before Justice Alexander Owoeye at the Federal...
Lagos, Nigeria – On Thursday, 19 June 2025, Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced Olukeye Adedayo to 76 years...
Abuja, 19 June 2025 – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan appeared before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court today, facing charges of criminal defamation brought by...
Abuja, Nigeria – The Tinubu administration has been urged to drop a criminal defamation lawsuit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who faces charges at the Federal...
Abuja, 19 June 2025 – The Federal Republic of Nigeria has concluded its case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of...
We pleaded that the President should show Leadership and visit Benue and Niger States in the spirit of deep national mourning, to offer compassion and...
Makurdi, 19 June 2025 – The escalating violence perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria has reached a boiling point, with the recent massacre of 200...
Abuja, 18 June 2025 – The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the high-profile trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous...
Enugu, Nigeria – A devastating attack in Ikpakpara village, Agamede, Eha-Amufu community, Enugu State, has left the region reeling, with reports of innocent farmers brutally...
On 17th June 2025, the Benue State Government, led by Governor Hyacinth Alia, announced a public holiday for Wednesday 18th June 2025. This move honours...
17 June 2025 The Nigerian state of Benue is once again engulfed in grief following the brutal massacre of over 200 innocent civilians over the...
Senator Neda Imasuen, representing Edo South, has publicly acknowledged his disbarment by the New York Bar Association, attributing the action to professional negligence rather than...
The Nigerian Police Force’s press release on June 16, 2025, detailing the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun’s visit to Benue State in response...
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to reschedule his visit from Kaduna to Benue State on 18 June 2025 has sparked debate, with many questioning the timing...
16 June 2025 The escalating violence in Benue State, Nigeria, has reached a critical point, prompting a passionate plea from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar...
When he opened the All Nigerian Judges Conference in February 2003, then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais, who died on 6 June 2025,...
Abuja, 15 June 2025 – President Bola Tinubu has faced sharp criticism over his administration’s handling of the ongoing violence in Benue State, where deadly...
Katsina, Nigeria – 15 June 2025 In a significant development in Dan Musa Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State, several notorious bandit leaders have...
In a June 9, 2025, interview with TVC, Maryam Abacha claimed that the more than $3.8 billion recovered from the United States, United Kingdom, France,...
London, 14 June 2025 – The Nigerian judiciary faces fresh scrutiny over its commitment to impartiality following a controversial incident involving a senior Justice of...
A Nigerian Supreme Court Justice previously accused of corruption by Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS), was seen loitering at the Protea Hotel in Benin, Edo...
Benin City, June 13, 2025 – Legal scholar and human rights advocate Chidi Odinkalu has raised questions about potential impropriety in the ongoing Edo State...
Lagos, Nigeria – On the eve of Nigeria’s Democracy Day, 12th June 2025, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Olohundare Jimoh, convened a crucial meeting...
Washington, D.C. — In a statement shared on his social media platform on 6 February 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump suggested that the Gaza...
Alhaji Dr. Aliyu Audu, the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, has tendered his resignation, effective immediately, as announced in a letter dated...
Abuja, 8 June 2025 – The coalition opposing President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid is grappling with internal divisions, as conflicting interests among its key figures...
2 June 2025, Zamfara, Nigeria – The Nigerian military has once again come under intense scrutiny following yet another deadly airstrike that killed at least...
2 June 2025, Abuja – A recent statement from General Michael Langley, commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), has attributed the escalating insurgency in...
Niger State, Nigeria – On Monday, 2 June 2025, Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and prominent Nigerian politician, visited Niger State to express...
Nnewi, Anambra State, 2 June 2025 – On Sunday, 1 June, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, recently nominated as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, led...
Marrakech, Morocco, 2 June 2025 – The African Union (AU) faces a critical challenge in achieving true sovereignty, with 70% of its $650 million annual...
Abuja, 2 June 2025 – The Nigeria Police Force has achieved significant breakthroughs in its fight against crime, rescuing 12 trafficked children in Abia State...
Kyiv, 1 June 2025 – Ukrainian forces have successfully destroyed approximately one-third of Russia’s strategic air force in a meticulously planned operation targeting multiple Russian...
Why the anti-Tinubu Coalition Isn’t Coalescing -by Farooq KperogiThere is supposed to be a formidable coalition of powerful regional and national political forces working to...
Houston, 30 May 2025 – The World Igbo Congress (WIC), the leading organisation representing Ndi Igbo in the diaspora, held its annual Heroes and Heroines...
Kukawa, Borno State – In a significant victory for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism efforts, Special Forces under Operation Hadin Kai conducted a precision strike on 30 May...
30 May 2025Today marks the solemn anniversary of the death of Bruce Mayrock, a young American who sacrificed his life in 1969 to draw attention...
30 May 2025, Enugu, Nigeria – Today, Igbo communities across Nigeria and the diaspora solemnly mark Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day, a poignant commemoration...
30 May 2025Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has drawn sharp criticism for his recent statement defending the Tinubu...
Maiduguri, Nigeria – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested 18 serving soldiers and 15 police officers accused of selling arms to terrorists and...
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 30 May 2025 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has elected Dr Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania as its ninth president,...
Enugu, Nigeria – Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah delivered a compelling address at Okpara Square, outlining the significant strides made by his administration in just two...
Abuja, Nigeria – 29 May 2025In a significant development in the ongoing trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
LONDON, 29 May 2025 – Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fiercely criticised President Bola Tinubu’s plan to secure over $24 billion (£19 billion)...
agos 29 May 2025 – Omoyele Sowore, a prominent Nigerian activist and publisher, has launched a scathing critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration as...
On 29 May 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered a statement marking the second anniversary of his administration, proclaiming what he described as “undeniable progress”...
The Injustice of Prolonged Detention: A Reflection on Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian senator and human rights activist, recently voiced a poignant...
In the aftermath of the startling events that unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, many have sought clarity regarding the...
Her Lordship Binta Nyako, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has posthumously honoured Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Aminu...
The legal team and family of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have concluded their latest visitation...
Ekiti State, Nigeria — In a swift and decisive move, the Ekiti State Judiciary has officially distanced itself from a controversial order issued by the...
The decomposing body of Honourable Justice Azuka, a lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, was discovered last night...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate, on Thursday, 6 February 2025, arraigned nine Chinese nationals alongside Genting International Co. Ltd. before...
The House of Representatives has called upon the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to propose amendments to existing laws...
Lagos, Nigeria — February 6, 2025: In a startling display of what legal experts are calling an egregious abuse of the legal process, officers of...
