NCoS debunks claims of illegal detention of Jonathan’s 15 domestic staff in Okaka Centre
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command has dismissed as false and misleading, reports circulating on social media alleging the illegal detention of 15 domestic staff of former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Okaka.
I was a good house-help until my madam’s husband started coming for me
I joined an agency that recruits house-help for foreigners: Indians, White people, and all types of people who are not Nigerians. Even though the agency also services some Nigerian homes…
MOSOP rejects oil resumption talks, demands 20% royalty for Ogoni development
Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has called on the federal government to set aside a minimum of 20 per cent of the profit made from extractive resources for the infrastructural development of the Ogoni Kingdom in Rivers State.
$10 won’t buy you lunch in U.S, but $1 will get you meal in Nigeria – Tope Fasua, SSA to Tinubu
Dr. Tope Fasua, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Economic Affairs, has highlighted the complexities of poverty measurement while defending the value of the naira in local terms, comparing the cost of living in Nigeria with that of the United States.
Amid Uromi Saga: Fear in nine states as suspected herdsmen resume abductions, killings
What seems like a relative respite in herdsmen disturbances across the country appears to have given way to despair, fear and anxiety across some states.
‘Everything is not money’ – Nurse on leaving US to seek quality life in Nigeria
A Nigerian nurse, Judith Okoli, has made headlines after leaving her nursing job in the United States and relocating permanently to Nigeria in pursuit of a more fulfilling and balanced life.
Baba-Ahmed resigned as VP adviser for self-interest, Kaduna group alleges
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – A northern socio-political group, the Kaduna Solidarity Vanguard (KSV), has stated that the recent resignation of Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as Special Adviser on Politics to Vice President Kashim Shettima raises important questions about political consistency and public accountability. The group described the resignation as a strategic decision, suggesting it reflects […]
How NDLEA uncovered cocaine hidden inside suitcase walls
By Bayo Wahab Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered cocaine hidden inside the walls of several suitcases. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared the video of how the substance was uncovered on X on Sunday, April 6, 2025. In a short statement accompanying the video, Babafemi […]
Even no-nonsense ‘agberos’ have soft spot for female drivers
Once upon a time, it was a rarity to see female commercial drivers even in our major cosmopolitan cities. These days, the tables are turning, with several women now driving
Mbah has improved security in Isi-Uzo – Bishop Olinya
The Anglican Bishop of Eha-Amufu Diocese in Isi-Uzo LGA of Enugu State, Rt. Rev. Daniel Olinya, said that while relative fears and isolated incidents of security breach occasioned by headers exist, social media reports of killings and arson in Eha-Amufu were false, noting that such level of killings happened last in 2022.
Nigeria and the Fading Lights of Justice, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
As he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on 2 April 2025, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal to confirm that the judgment he […]
