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NBA offers pro bono legal support to #EndBadGovernance protesters

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has pledged to provide pro bono legal services to protesters associated with the #EndBadGovernance movement who are facing...

Northern governors denounce Yobe violence, call for immediate justice

Mr. Muhammadu Yahaya, Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Governor of Gombe State, has strongly condemned the brutal insurgents’ attacks...

Nigeria’s death row population hits 3,590 – NCoS

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that at least 3,590 inmates are currently awaiting execution across various custodial facilities in Nigeria. The...

Nigeria tops list of our foundation’s funding recipients – Bill Gates

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has shed light on why Nigeria receives the bulk of the foundation’s intervention...

Court remands whistleblower PIDOM in Kuje prison

Justice Emeka Nwite, presiding over a Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the remand of Isaac Bristol Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM,...

Just in: Gunmen launch deadly attack on Anambra police station, killing cop

Gunmen attacked a police station at Oba in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday morning, killing one corporal...

Wanted Briton Wynne to Nigeria Police: I’m not a fugitive, no plot against Tinubu

Mr. Andrew Wynne, a British national who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police, has refuted allegations of plotting against President Bola Tinubu’s...

Police declare British national Wynne wanted over August protests, regime change plot

The Nigeria Police have declared Andrew Wynne, a British citizen, wanted over his alleged involvement in the August 1–10 protests and attempt to...

Poison threat: Canadian-Nigerian national arrested, to appear in Ontario court today

Following her arrest by Toronto Police for an alleged poison threat, a Canadian-Nigerian woman will appear before a judge on Monday, September 2....

Insurgents unleash violence on Yobe, burn houses, shops, kill scores of residents – Police

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents carried out bloody attacks on Mafa village in the Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe, leaving many people dead...

Rebuilding ties: ACF lauds Nigeria’s Defence Chief’s diplomatic visit to Niger Republic

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a high-level military delegation, led by Chief of Defence Staff, Gen....

Resident doctors call off strike, return to work today

After a seven-day nationwide warning strike to protest the kidnapping of their colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)...

FG to reopen Nigeria’s land borders soon – Rep. Whingah

Nigeria’s land borders will soon be reopened to commercial activity again, according to a House of Representatives member Sesi Whingah. Rep.Whingah, who represents...

FG sets Oct. 8 as the tentative date for mpox vaccination

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has announced that the mpox vaccination will tentatively begin on October 8. The Head of...

Capt. Kelechi Ndukwe breaks new ground as first Nigerian to lead U.S. Navy vessel

Kelechi Ndukwe, a Nigerian-American, has received a prestigious promotion to the rank of captain in the US. Navy, advancing from his previous position...

Wee-hour fire destroys Lagos govt. staff quarters in Ogba, occupants escaped unhurt

A devastating fire broke out in the wee hours of Friday at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters, situated on Odunsanmi Street, off...