Reading Time: 3 minutesKey justice, security, and human rights stakeholders are urging the National Assembly to adopt a more balanced approach to tackling kidnapping, warning against proposals to impose the death penalty on offenders. At a public hearing held by the Senate Joint Committees on Judiciary,...

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alerts Nigerians to the growing tactics of cyber and financial criminals who now hide behind cryptocurrency and other digital platforms to defraud unsuspecting victims. The agency urges the public to stay vigilant as cybercrime continues to...

Reading Time: 3 minutesChairman of Dangote Group, Dr. Aliko Dangote, submits a formal petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, over alleged corruption and...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMembers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), led by former Minister of Justice, Tanimu Turaki, hold a joint meeting with former governors and ministers elected and appointed on the platform of the party. The meeting takes place as...

Reading Time: < 1 minutePresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu expresses deep sorrow over the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, describing his passing as a major loss to the nation’s judiciary and legal community. Justice Tanko Muhammad dies at the age...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, has denied issuing any public response to recent allegations made against him, describing a circulating statement attributed to him as false and misleading. In a...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) seizes four vehicles loaded with dismantled telecommunications tower components in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and arrests 10 suspects in a major security operation targeting critical infrastructure vandalism. The operation takes place between December 8...

Reading Time: 2 minutesA Cessna 172 aircraft operated by Skypower Express crash-lands at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, with no fatalities recorded. All four crew members on board survive the incident. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-ASR, is en route from Kaduna...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Nigeria Police Force announces the resumption of tinted glass permit enforcement, effective 2nd January 2026, to address rising security concerns linked to vehicles with unauthorised tinted windows. The policy had been temporarily suspended to allow motorists time to regularise their documents....

Reading Time: < 1 minutePresident Bola Tinubu stresses the need for a united front and collective action to tackle terrorism, violent extremism, and unconstitutional changes of government in West Africa. The message is delivered through Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represents the President at the 68th...