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The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, February 9, 2026, arraigned one Otobor Geoffrey Onajefe on a two-count charge bordering an alleged conspiracy and stealing to the tune of ₦37,440,000.00 (Thirty-Seven Million, Four Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira) before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday joined the Occupy National Assembly protest in Abuja. The protest follows the Senate’s passage of the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through the third reading, in which the lawmakers removed the phrase “real-time” transmission of election results. Although the…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received a high-level delegation from the United States Africa Command led by its Commander, Gen Dagvin Anderson, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sunday’s meeting comes amid intensified security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States, following the Christmas Day airstrikes on terrorist camps in Sokoto State. The State House media…
Protesters have converged on the entrance of the National Assembly in Abuja for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest. The protest is against the backdrop of the Senate’s position on the electronic transmission of election results. There was a heavy security presence at the scene, with personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) for attempting to traffic cocaine to China. Izueke was intercepted last Saturday, during the outward screening of passengers travelling to China via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940. A body scan…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has debunked reports circulating online alleging that a particular region of the country has been barred from obtaining Nigerian passports, describing the claim as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Service said the reports wrongly interpreted ongoing reforms aimed at modernising the country’s passport administration system….
By Uko EtimOperatives of the Akwa Ibom Police Command have arrest of 23 suspects and seized a large quantities of suspected illicit drugs during a coordinated raid at Ibaka Fishing Port in Mbo Local Government Area of the State.The operation, carried out between 9:40 p.m. on February 5 and 12:15 a.m. on February 6, 2025,…
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd) has urged Nigerian youths to prioritise skills acquisition and empowerment opportunities as a strategic defence against drug abuse, unemployment and other social vices threatening national stability. Marwa gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday while speaking…
By Uko EtimThe Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State has dismissed an application seeking leave to appeal out of time and an injunction to restrain the 2024 judicial appointment exercise in Abia State Judicial Service Commission.Justice Ntong Festus Ntong, JCA, who delivered the lead judgement in consonant with his learned brothers: Justice Oyebisi…
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, faced fresh judicial warning on Thursday, as Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Asokoro, threatened to revoke his bail over repeated delays in his trial. The warning followed the defence’s attempt to secure an adjournment based on a hospital…