There was mild drama on Thursday at a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court as human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, dismantled the prosecution’s objection during the arraignment of activists Taiwo ‘Soweto’ Hassan and Dele Frank, arrested over a protest against alleged illegal demolitions and forced evictions in Lagos.

The Senate has constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged growing decadence in the operations of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

EU foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organisation”, after a deadly crackdown on mass protests.

Anambra State Government has directed all categories of schools in the state to ensure full resumption of academic activities on Mondays, warning that non-compliant schools would be shut down.

Proceedings took a dramatic turn when human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, announced his appearance for the defendants .

THE British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, has spotlighted peace and resilience as the heartbeat of UK-Nigeria relations.

“We’re going to make sure we do targeted enforcement operations,” Tom Homan told reporters in the Minnesota city. “We are not surrendering our mission at all. We’re just doing it smarter.”

Businesses and schools were open in the city of about 1.5 million, and people were moving about freely, apart from a cordoned-off zone near the airport, which was heavily patrolled by defence and security forces, the Reuters witness said.

Liverpool have confirmed that Jurgen Klopp will return to Anfield to assist Sir Kenny Dalglish in a Liverpool Legends game this year.

“I would have loved to spend the whole of Ramadan in Mecca and to observe Shittu Shawal immediately after Ramadan, but I will not want to take anyone for granted”

— To honour late Gen Muhammed ,founding fathers By Dayo Johnson Akure Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state has declared that the state has witnessed significant strides in all sectors in the last 50 years of the creation of the state. Recall that the state was created on Tuesday 3rd February, 1976. Addressing a Press […]

The budget was presented to the National Assembly on December 19, 2025, and described by lawmakers as a defining moment in Nigeria’s economic re-engineering.

On Thursday, counsel to the defendants, Mr Michael Amadi notified the court that the respondents had filed a notice of preliminary objection

Nigeria football is in mourning, once more, following news of the death of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, the mother of Super Eagles’ ace forward, Samuel Chukwueze, in the early hours of Thursday, 29th January 2026.

“Let me say that the mere fact that I filed a notice of appeal does not automatically mean there is a stay of execution.