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Witness testifies on bank account linked to Malami's N8.7 billion fraud case

Nigeria, June 24 -- A compliance officer with Jaiz Bank Plc on Tuesday appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja testify on an account with transactions linked to former Attorney-General of the ... Read More


US sanctions Lagos-based BDC operator, firms over alleged terrorism financing

Nigeria, June 24 -- The United States government has sanctioned Mukhtar Muhammad, a Lagos-based Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, and three firms allegedly controlled by him over claims that they serve... Read More


NAE backs power reforms, warns on infrastructure gaps

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE) has thrown its weight behind ongoing reforms in the power sector, urging the federal government to adopt stronger engineering-driven solut... Read More


World Cup: Ghana's Black Stars cage Three Lions in Boston

Nigeria, June 24 -- Ghana produced another disciplined display at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday night, frustrating England to a goalless draw in Boston and moving a step closer to the knockout st... Read More


Africa records hydropower growth but Nigeria still suffers power shortages - Report

Nigeria, June 24 -- Africa added more than 4,200 megawatts (MW) of new hydropower capacity in 2025, making it a fast growing region for hydropower development globally, according to a new report relea... Read More


Supreme Court fines lawyer N50m, bars him from courts over 'abusive' filing

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered a lawyer, S.M. Danyaro, to personally pay N50 million in costs and barred him from appearing before any court in the country until he compl... Read More


Court orders probe into alleged leaked video as witness testifies on interrogation of coup suspects

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered an investigation into an alleged leaked video which has stirred controversy in the trial of five suspects charged with being bein... Read More


Lagos shuts Oshodi market after traders allegedly attack sanitation officials

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Lagos State Government has shut down the Oshodi Resettlement Market after traders allegedly attacked officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popul... Read More


#EndBadGovernance movement, Obi, SERAP condemn Sowore's detention, allege political trial

Nigeria, June 24 -- The order of detention of activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre has drawn fresh criticism from civil society groups and politi... Read More


Global rights group raise alarm over alleged intimidation of SERAP amid suits

Nigeria, June 24 -- A global rights group, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), has raised concerns over what it described as a pattern of intimidation and judicial ha... Read More