21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (571+ words) …Says seven colleagues killed, demands better weapons, welfare A member of the Zamfara State Community Protection Guard, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has alleged that a helicopter he initially believed was a Nigerian Air Force aircraft appeared to coordinate with bandits during an…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (362+ words) The Onigbesi of Igbesi Land, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, has died days after he was released from kidnappers who abducted him in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The monarch reportedly died early Saturday following a brief illness…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (742+ words) ….Audit Report Flags N27.25bn Payments For Unexecuted, Poorly Executed Jobs The infractions, contained in the Auditor-General for the Federation’s 2024 Annual Report on Non-Compliance/Internal Control Weaknesses in MDAs, ranged from irregular contract awards and breaches of procurement procedures to payments for…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (432+ words) The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers containing consignments with a combined value of N43.59bn at the Apapa Port in Lagos, including 7,624kg of cannabis, nearly 170,000 bottles of codeine syrup and 108 security-sensitive drones. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (432+ words) A 25-year-old woman, Kehinde Onizeokaraga, has allegedly been killed by her husband, Sodiq Ibrahim, a meat seller, during a dispute over their troubled marriage in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday when attempts by…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (243+ words) The United States has delivered military equipment to the Nigerian Air Force as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to combat terrorism and other security threats. The US Africa Command disclosed this on Thursday, saying a US Air Force…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (278+ words) The Nigeria Immigration Service has intercepted two persons in Adamawa State with N34 million in cash allegedly linked to a kidnapping syndicate. The suspects were arrested while in possession of the money during an operation in the state, the Adamawa State…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (843+ words) A family in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State has raised the alarm over an alleged attempt to take over its poultry farm, accusing unidentified government officials and a Chinese-owned company, Red Tree Limited, of threatening its continued…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (253+ words) The Benue State Police Command has arrested 46 persons in connection with the alleged attack on the convoy of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Cletus Nwadiogbu, disclosed the arrests on Wednesday,…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (187+ words) The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the conviction of former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Robert Orya, over a N2.4bn fraud case. The appellate court affirmed the conviction and sentence imposed on Orya by the Federal…...