Police nab three over killing of ex-OGTV broadcaster, guard
Ogun State Police have arrested three suspects, including a former security guard who confessed to masterminding the murder of retired […]
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El-Rufai, Jimi Lawal arraigned over ₦8.68bn CCTV contract scandal
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the ICPC, has arraigned former Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai and six others on 11 counts of alleged corruption and money laundering tied to a controversial ₦8.68 billion CCTV contract.
Senate passes State Police bill, creates Federal and State Police Service
The Senate has passed a landmark constitutional amendment creating State Police Services alongside a Federal Police Service, marking one of Nigeria’s most significant security reforms since 1999.
Nigeria orders banks to choke off ISIS financiers’ assets
The Federal Government has ordered all Nigerian financial institutions to immediately freeze assets linked to ISIS financiers, following US sanctions on Lagos-based Mukhtar Adamu Muhammad and three Bureau De Change operations allegedly used to funnel funds to the terror group.
Stripped of silk: Mike Ozekhome loses SAN rank over London property scandal
Prominent lawyer Mike Ozekhome has been suspended from the prestigious Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, following a UK tribunal’s findings of fraud and an ICPC criminal charge over a disputed London property.
Oyo: Makinde appeals to NUT to reopen schools, approves N8.7bn for learning materials
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has urged the Nigerian Union of Teachers to suspend its strike and reopen schools shut
Nigeria spends five times more on debt than health, education — Report
A damning new report by ActionAid International reveals that Nigeria devotes 20.1 per cent of national revenue to external debt servicing — nearly five times the combined spending on health and education — while accusing the IMF of deliberately ignoring these devastating trade-offs in its policy advice.
Sowore remains in Kuje prison as court fixes June 30 for bail ruling
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 30 for a ruling on Omoyele Sowore’s motion seeking to vacate the order revoking his bail, as his lawyer pushed for a stay of execution while DSS counsel mounted opposition.
ECOWAS court fines Nigerian govt N10m over assault on journalist Oyekunle
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered Nigeria to pay journalist Jide Oyekunle N10 million in damages over his assault,
‘I don’t see the level of hunger people are talking about’— Tinubu’s spokesman Onanuga
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has dismissed widespread hunger claims as overstated, arguing that new roads, student loans, and shorter commute times are proof that Nigerians are genuinely benefiting from President Tinubu’s policies.