WITH the conclusion of primaries, Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential and unpredictable contests since the return to civilian rule in 1999. Economic hardship, persistent insecurity

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced a reward of up to $150,000 (about N250 million) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Herbert Leon Kimble, a convicted fraudster accused of orchestrating a massive healthcare fraud scheme that generated more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent Medicare charges. According to information […]

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has, in a landmark judgment, declared unlawful the National Assembly’s controversial N110 billion vehicle and allowance schemes, ruling that the spending of N40 billion on 465 vehicles for lawmakers and N70 billion …

Atiku also cited his facilitation of scholarships for some of the released Chibok schoolgirls at the American University of Nigeria as evidence of his commitment to action over rhetoric, saying several of the beneficiaries had since graduated and rebuilt their lives.

For 18 agonising days, the people of Ahoro-Esienle have lived in a world suspended between hope and heartbreak.

On May 25, 2026, the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service invited this reporter to a press briefing.

Following the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) confirmation that Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) terrorists were behind the recent school abductions in Oyo State, fresh concerns have emerged over what security experts describe as a dangerous convergence of terrorism and kidnapping in Nigeria’s South-West.

According to her, two of the detained individuals were arrested in Jikamshi, while the third was arrested in Kano.

A London court has sentenced a 36-year-old Nigerian man, Fawaz Abdulkareem to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of a man following a dispute at a flat in Vauxhall.

For about two decades, the northern part of the country has been ravaged by terrorism characterised by sacking of entire communities, mass killings, looting, destruction and kidnappings for ransom.