The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared Monday, February 2 as lockdown in all the five states of South-East in solidarity with Onitsha traders. This appears to be an attempt to defy Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s directive that traders in…
Former Ondo State first lady Betty Akeredolu has declared her support for African Democratic Congress (ADC) chairman and presidential candidate Peter Obi on Friday, January 30. “Obi or nothing,” Akeredolu declared in a post on X (previously Twitter), citing a…
Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has challenged the Rivers State Government to once more refuse permission to hold a Renewed Hope Family event at Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt, threatening to use force to enter the…
A Federal High Court in Ibadan has reportedly nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention that held in the Oyo State capital on November 15, 2025, declaring it invalid. The court’s decision also prohibited members of the National Working…
Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule has stated that APC governors are not losing sleep or worried over the impeachment process initiated against Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers governor. Governor Sule made these remarks during a Thursday appearance on “Politics Today” on Channels…
At the resumed hearing of the UK corruption trial involving former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, prosecutors on Thursday presented what they described as a substantial body of documentary and digital evidence before Southwark Crown Court. Transcripts of…
Veteran Nollywood filmmaker and actor, Stanley Amadi, has been arrested alongside military officers involved in the alleged violent coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Mr Amadi, a director and former chairperson of the Enugu State Chapter of the Actors…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court in Abuja was informed by a prosecution witness in the trial of Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that falsified documents were used to take $6.23 million…
Barrister Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has requested an order from the National Industrial Court to imprison the striking employees of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for allegedly disobeying court orders. The workers’ disobedience…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) retail locations across the country have adjusted the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol. According to the most recent prices, drivers in Lagos are now paying N840 per…
The Zamfara state government has reportedly raised the monthly allowance of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) medical doctors to N150,000. During the recent swearing-in of the 2026 Batch A Stream One corps members in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara, Governor…
Suspected members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly killed 7 soldiers and captured 6 others, including a commanding officer, in an ambush near Damasak in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. The commanding commander was…
In response to waves of sit-at-home protests that have interrupted economic activities, Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has issued a severe warning to private schools and business owners around the state, threatening to seal them if they fail to…
Sharia police in Indonesia’s Aceh province, on Thursday, gave a couple 140 strokes of the cane each for having sex outside marriage and consuming alcohol, This bizarre punishment comes in what is believed to be one of the harshest such…
The Lagos State Police Command has stated that it will charge two leaders of the Makoko demolition protest on Wednesday, despite the reported largely peaceful conduct of the protest. Although the demonstration was peaceful, the police had without any provocation…