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Abuja cross-dresser Area Mama murdered, police launch investigation

The Abuja Command of the Nigeria Police has launched an investigation into the death of a cross-dresser, Area Mama, whose body was discovered...

DSS denies involvement in NLC headquarters raid

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied allegations that its agents raided the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja. DSS spokesperson,...

Several people injured, vehicles destroyed in another Lagos gas fire

A gas explosion has sparked a fire at a Mobil Oil Company petrol station located near the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja, leaving...

Residents express reprieve as curfew is relaxed in Kaduna, Zaria

Residents of Kaduna and Zaria took to the streets on Thursday to celebrate the Kaduna State Government’s relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed...

Bribe: Nigeria Immigration Service suspends officer

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has suspended an officer over allegations of soliciting a bribe from a traveller at one of...

Security forces raid NLC secretariat in Abuja, union protests

Security agents, reportedly from the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force, raided the Nigeria Labour Congress’ (NLC) national secretariat...

Protests: Al-Mustapha warns against coups, urges Nigerians to embrace peaceful means, dialogue

Retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, has condemned calls for a military coup in...

FG rejects external interference, launches investigation into protest-related violence

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has restated Nigeria’s opposition to external meddling in its affairs, harping on the value of...

CDS urges West African defence chiefs to defend democratic governance

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that military interventions in West African governments have had far-reaching and unintended...

Just in: ECOWAS defence chiefs meet in Abuja

A high-level meeting of Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Defence Chiefs is underway at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Gen. Christopher...

APC NWC summons Ndume over anti-Tinubu comments, may reinstate him as Senate Whip

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), led by Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, summoned Sen. Ali Ndume on Tuesday to account for...

No live bullets fired by police or military during demonstrations – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, said on Tuesday that the police, military, and other agencies tasked with managing the #EndBadGovernance protest...

Falana cautions #EndBadGovernance protesters against calls for military intervention

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has cautioned protesters to avoid “undemocratic forces” using the nationwide hunger protest to call for...

Nigeria Immigration Service puts sponsors of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest on watchlist

The Nigeria Immigration Service’s Comptroller General, Mrs. Kemi Nandap, announced that it has added the Diaspora sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protesters to its...

Kano court remands 632 protesters, face looting, vandalism charges

Kano State’s mobile court on Tuesday ordered the remand of 632 people accused of vandalizing government assets and looting shops and other properties...

ECOWAS urges protesters to engage in dialogue following Tinubu’s plea

The Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) has expressed worry about the escalating protests in Nigeria, condemning the reported incidents of...