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Viral Video: Secondary school students filmed smoking weed inside classroom

Nigeria, June 24 -- Outrage has trailed a viral video showing a group of students wearing uniforms believed to be those of Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Four Towns, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, s... Read More


ANALYSIS: 2027: Fragmented opposition gives ruling APC upper hand in Jigawa

Nigeria, June 24 -- The opposition in Jigawa State is weakened by internal divisions among parties and the absence of a unified front to confront the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The parti... 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


Tinubu urges African countries to end raw mineral exports, deepen value addition

Nigeria, June 24 -- President Bola Tinubu has called on African countries to work together to end the exploitation of the continent's mineral resources and ensure greater value is derived from them th... 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


Lagos police confirm probe into live ammunition-bearing parcel sent to First Bank MD

Nigeria, June 24 -- The Lagos State Police Command says it is investigating a case in which the Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria, Oluwasegun Alebiosu, received a parcel containing live ammun... Read More


Lawyer sues federal govt over 'oppressive' military checkpoints in South-east

Nigeria, June 24 -- A lawyer, Chinedu Agbodike, has sued Nigerian authorities over alleged "oppressive and excessive" military checkpoints in the Nigeria's South-east. Mr Agbodike filed the lawsuit a... Read More


CSO raises concerns over executive powers, transparency gaps in Akwa Ibom fiscal bill

Nigeria, June 24 -- A civil society organisation, Policy Alert, has called on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to amend key provisions of the proposed fiscal responsibility bill, warning that som... Read More