The House of Representatives has approved a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to create state police across Nigeria. The bill was passed during Thursday’s plenary after lawmakers voted in support of the proposal. Before the debate began, Usman Zubairu, who represents Birnin Gwari/Giwa Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, asked the House to postpone consideration of…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested two suspected informants and logistics suppliers linked to Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in separate operations conducted in Borno State. The arrests were made by troops operating under Operation Desert Sanity as part of ongoing efforts to dismantle terrorist support networks and…
Military-run Niger has enacted a new penal code criminalising for the first time same-sex relations, with heavy sentences of up to 20 years in prison, a legal source said Thursday quoting the official gazette. Although a taboo subject, same-sex relations had not been criminalised in Muslim-majority Niger, which follows several other African nations in toughening…
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate more than 100 Nigerian prisoners currently serving jail terms in Ethiopia following a bilateral prisoner transfer agreement between both countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who was in Addis Ababa for the signing of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement between Nigeria and Ethiopia,…
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 50-year-old man, Ime Edet Akpan, to 21 years imprisonment for r@ping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl. Akpan was convicted and sentenced on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Journalist and judiciary reporter, Harrison Essien, who disclosed this on Facebook said the convict, a married…
A coalition of civil society organisations, labour activists, youth groups, community associations, and concerned Nigerians have declared June 12, Nigeria’s Democracy Day, a day of nationwide protest and mass action against worsening insecurity, widespread hunger, and deepening economic hardship across the country. The coalition, which includes prominent human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), musician…
The Senate has clarified that it did not approve the warrant of arrest issued against former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. The upper chamber also disassociated itself from comments made by Senator Adams Oshiomhole during the committee’s hearing, in…
Barely six months after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing 31.5 kilograms of cocaine from Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel marked MV Aruna Hulya have been convicted and fined a total of Six Million US…
An Air Peace evacuation flight carrying Nigerian citizens—including women and children—landed safely at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at approximately 10:35 a.m. today, June 11, following their repatriation from South Africa. Top government officials were on the ground to officially receive the returnees upon arrival, including the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,…
Nigeria’s leading hygiene brand, Dettol, in partnership with The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), has officially flagged off Phase 3 of the Dettol Hygiene Quest initiative, expanding its mission to equip more Nigerian children and families with essential hygiene education and healthy living practices. The milestone phase was launched with an educational event held at Eko…
