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NDLEA raids Lagos nightclub, arrests over 100 at drug party
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, raided Proxy Nightclub located at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, where a drug party was reportedly taking place. Over 100 suspects were arrested during the operation. Spokesman of…
Read More »Coup Scare: Tinubu sweeps out service chiefs, announces replacements
File photo: General Olufemi Oluyede, newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff President Bola Tinubu has announced a sweeping reorganisation of Nigeria’s military leadership following reports of an alleged attempted coup, which reportedly led to the cancellation of activities marking the country’s 65th Independence Anniversary. In a statement issued on Friday…
Read More »FATF removes Nigeria from grey list after nearly three years
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog against money laundering and terrorism financing, has removed Nigeria from its grey list, marking the end of nearly three years of heightened monitoring and signaling renewed investor confidence in the country’s economy. FATF announced the development on Friday, stating that Nigeria…
Read More »Lasisi Elenu, wife welcomes baby boy, River Elroi
By Deborah Nnamdi Popular Nigerian comedian and actor Nosa Afolabi, better known as Lasisi Elenu, and his wife, Nonso Adika Afolabi, have welcomed a baby boy. The comedian shared the joyful news on Instagram, quoting John 7:38 (NLT): “Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from within…
Read More »I won’t testify in Nnamdi Kanu’s trial unless formally summoned – Wike
By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he will not appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), simply because his name appeared in newspapers. Speaking during a media parley in…
Read More »Police re-arrest Sowore after court appearance in Abuja
By Deborah Nnamdi Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, has been re-arrested by the Nigerian Police shortly after his court appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. Sowore, alongside Prince Emmanuel Kanu—brother to the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu—a former member of Kanu’s legal team, and ten…
Read More »Wike accuses PDP governors of exclusion, warns of party’s collapse
By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sidelining him in key party decisions, warning that their actions could lead to the collapse of the party. Wike, who spoke during a…
Read More »Troops kill terrorists, nab 86 suspects in nationwide operations — DHQ
By Deborah Nnamdi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that Nigerian troops have killed scores of terrorists, arrested 86 criminals—including terrorists, collaborators, and oil thieves—and rescued 26 kidnapped victims across the country within the past week. According to Major General Markus Kangye, Director of Defence Media Operations, troops also foiled…
Read More »Kanu seeks 90 days to defend himself, lists witnesses from U.S., Kenya, Ethiopia
By Deborah Nnamdi The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed plans to call witnesses from across the world, including the United States, Kenya, and Ethiopia, in his ongoing terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu, who recently dismissed his…
Read More »Court grants Sowore, Ejimakor, Kanu’s brother N500,000 bail over #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest
A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a member of Nnamdi Kanu’s legal team; and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, brother to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The court also granted bail…
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