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Nigerian security agents on Thursday allegedly attempted to arrest former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, upon his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, from Cairo, Egypt. The claim was made by El-Rufai’s Media Adviser, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle shortly after the incident. According to him, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actor, Uzor Arukwe, has threatened legal action against individuals circulating what he described as false and damaging rumours about him and a colleague. The actor addressed the controversy in a statement shared on his X account on Wednesday, revealing that a particular user had been identified for allegedly spreading baseless accusations about his […]
Continue ReadingOnline business coach and Digital Creator, Lucky Elohor is dead. She passed away on February 9, 2026. News of her death was broken on her Instagram handle, @digitalcreatorchic_, today, stating, she’s no more. Her obituary was also shared on her page. The statement reads: “It is with profound sorrow that the family announces the passing […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has been ranked 142nd out of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Transparency International (TI) reported on Tuesday. CPI, which measures perceived public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), gave Nigeria a score of 26—unchanged from 2024. However, the country fell two places from […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has signed the Senior Citizens Welfare Bill into law, providing comprehensive support for elderly residents of the state. This landmark policy entitles eligible elderly residents, aged 60 years and above, to a free monthly stipend, free medical care, and other social support for life, aiming to improve their […]
Continue ReadingFormer Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that he could be arrested by the Nigerian government anytime soon, claiming that recent developments indicate he may be the next target. El-Rufai said this during an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, where he expressed concerns over what he described as growing political intimidation against opposition […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Department of Homeland Security has revealed plans to deport an additional 18 Nigerians included on its “worst-of-the-worst” criminal list. The development comes barely one week after 79 Nigerians convicted of various offences were marked for deportation. According to the statement published on DHS website on Monday, February 9, 2026, 18 Nigerians were convicted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Result Viewing (IREV) Portal, while permitting manual collation to serve as a backup where it is impossible to use technology. The decision followed a reconsideration of a disputed clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill during an emergency plenary […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday led a group of protesters to the National Assembly, demanding the inclusion of mandatory electronic transmission of results from the polling booth to IREV in Nigeria’s Electoral Act amendment. The protesters gathered at the entrance of the National Assembly to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Division, on Monday, affirmed the decision of the Senate to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti, holding that the red chamber acted within its powers. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel in Natasha’s appeal against the Clerk of the National Assembly and three others, marked CA/ABJ/CV/1107/2025, the […]
Continue ReadingGovernment of Ghana has recalled its High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed, following allegations linking him to electoral malpractice during a party primary election in Ghana. Ordered by President John Mahama, the recall was announced in a presidential statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the directive took immediate effect, with the Ministry of […]
Continue ReadingKhaleed Oladipo, a second-year university student has died after he was stabbed during a violent incident near a campus in Leicester, UK, prompting an outpouring of grief from his family, Nigerians, and the wider community. He died in hospital after emergency services were called to what police described as a “very serious incident” close to […]
Continue ReadingNew evidence has come up indicating that a crucial document submitted by notable Nigerian lawyer Mike Ozekhome SAN to a London tribunal, in support of his ownership claim to a North London property, was fake. Although the document was admitted by the British court as genuine at the time, due to lack of contrary evidence, […]
Continue ReadingBukola Yunisa, a Lagos-based entrepreneur and corporate worker, narrates to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI how she was emotionally and financially scammed by a man who posed as a widower and property developer, betraying her trust while promising love, marriage, and a shared future What do you do for a living? I am an entrepreneur and also a […]
Continue ReadingA court in United States has sentenced a Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, to 97 months’ imprisonment for participating in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. The statement published on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) website on Friday said: “a Nigerian National was sentenced today to more than eight […]
Continue ReadingJustice Anthony Onovo of the Enugu High Court, on Thursday, ordered the British Government to pay £20 million each to the families of the 21 coal miners killed in Enugu State in 1949 by the Colonial masters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the massacre took place at the Iva Valley Coal Mine […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Senate Minority Caucus on Thursday clarified that the Senate did not reject the electronic transmission of election results before passing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, contrary to widespread media reports. Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, in company of Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Ireti Kingibe and some other Senators made the clarification to set the record straight. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress Ajara Lasisi, popularly known as Aunty Ajara, has passed away. In a statement shared on Instagram, Aunty Ajara’s death was announced on Thursday by Nollywood director, Tobi Oladele Teemony, also known as Tee Mony, The statement reads: “With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved actress, Aunty Ajara. She passed on […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has deployed a small team of troops to Nigeria, the first official US military presence on the ground since airstrikes targeted terrorists on Christmas Day 2025. The deployment of Nigeria follows airstrikes ordered by President Donald Trump in December 2025 on what he described as “Islamic State targets” in the country. Trump had […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate under Godswill Akpabio has rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that sought to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory. As reported by Channels Television on Wednesday, the provision, if approved, would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload […]
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