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Police chief summoned over alleged demand of N100,000 from rape victim

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigeria Police Force has summoned another divisional police officer (DPO) and an investigating police officer (IPO) serving in Imo State for questioning over an alleged demand o... Read More


Nigerian govt withdraws cyberbullying, criminal defamation charges against Akpoti-Uduaghan

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigerian government has withdrawn the cyberbullying and criminal defamation charges it brought against Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan last year. The government pr... Read More


Police chief 'removed' over intimidation, extortion

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigeria Police Force has removed Joseph Udoh, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the GRA Police Station in Asaba, Delta State, in response to a public outcry over allegation... Read More


TRIBUTE: Biodun Jeyifo, a radical humanist at 80, By Chidi Amuta

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Tomorrow in Lagos, scholars and intellectual expeditioners will gather to honour and celebrate a most unique and outstanding Nigerian intellectual. Professor Biodun Jeyifo, easily o... Read More


Lead City University hosts conference to honour historian Toyin Falola at 73

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- In celebration of Toyin Falola's 73rd birthday, Lead City University is convening a special conference this Monday and Tuesday at the Cresta Hill Golden Lodge in Ibadan, Oyo State. ... Read More


Kwara schools to reopen amid security operations, govt launches radio learning

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Kwara State Government has directed the reopening of public and private schools in the state from Monday, 5 January, except in areas currently under special security surveillanc... Read More


Terrorists massacre, abduct Niger villagers near scene of last year's schoolchildren abduction

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Terrorists suspected to be members of the Sadiku-led Boko Haram faction have raided Kasuwan Daji, a Niger State village roughly 23 kilometres from Papiri, where schoolchildren were ... Read More


2026 Proposed Budget: Tinubu raises health allocation but misses Abuja declaration target

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Last month, President Bola Tinubu submitted the budget proposal for 2026 to the National Assembly. Out of a total budgetary proposal of N58.47 trillion, the president allocated N2.4... Read More


Nigeria Army kills two bandits, arrests suspected logistics supplier in Kogi

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- Troops of the Nigerian Army's 12 Brigade have killed at least two suspected bandits and arrested a man described as a logistics supplier in Kabba Bunu and Yagba West local governmen... Read More


Police chief summoned over intimidation, extortion of man who helped dying stranger

Nigeria, Jan. 4 -- The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Joseph Udoh, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the GRA Police Station in Asaba, Delta State, in Nigeria's South-south, following a public ... Read More