Under mounting public pressure, the DSS has distanced itself from Omoyele Sowore’s remand at Kuje Custodial Centre, insisting the court — not the agency — put him there, while its director-general orders an internal investigation into operatives caught on video during the courthouse scuffle.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has flatly denied allegations that its fuel is being exported to Lomé, Togo, and secretly re-imported into Nigeria, dismissing the claims as commercially illogical and factually baseless.
At least 22 people — including health workers, patients and security personnel — were killed in a late-night attack on Kawel village in Plateau State’s Bokkos LGA, as Nigeria’s widening security crisis simultaneously rattled Oyo, Ondo and other southern states.
The British High Commission has praised the peaceful conduct of the Ekiti governorship election while raising concerns over BVAS delays, vote buying and inaccessible polling units.
The IMF’s recommendation that Nigeria introduce new taxes on petroleum products and telecommunications services has triggered widespread public backlash, with critics warning it would deepen hardship for millions of poor Nigerians even as the government insists the proposals are non-binding and won’t be adopted.
Ogun State has temporarily relocated students of a Ijebu-Ode girls’ school after preliminary findings confirmed methane gas contamination on the
U.S. Vice President JD Vance endured an awkward diplomatic reception at Iran peace talks in Switzerland, with key delegates appearing to distance themselves from the American delegation.
The NDC has confirmed that presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate Rabiu Kwankwaso are exempt from the party’s new anti-defection oath, with officials saying the policy is really aimed at lawmakers who defect after winning office.
The Ogun State Government has banned graduation and end-of-session parties in all public and private schools, citing the financial burden
A leaked draft reviewed by Reuters reveals a 14-point US-Iran agreement to end the war, reopen key shipping routes, and launch a 60-day negotiation process starting in Switzerland.
