By Matthew Johnson LAGOS—Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command yesterday, when a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said […]

By Enitan Abdultawab Actor-turned-politician Kenneth Okonkwo has withdrawn his support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar following the emergence of former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi as the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 election. Okonkwo announced his position in a statement posted on his X account on Monday, shortly […]

“ADC and the four other parties performed poorly in 2023 elections, and by-elections conducted by INEC; they failed to win seats across key tiers of government”

“We can’t lie about the backlash, and that is why part of the work that we are doing as government, as well through DECO, is engagement with businesses abroad, South African companies abroad.

“He (Akpabio) is so paranoid about anything that has to do with me. Everybody in the Senate knows that if Senator Akpabio have his way, he will lock me out of the senate because he has misled himself into thinking that I am probably the devil he knows. There are many angels he doesn’t know,” he said.

“Smaller package sizes remain the preferred choice for many consumers whose purchasing power has been severely eroded”

“Ojukwu refused to recognise the new head of state, insisting that in the absence of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the next in command was Brigadier Babafemi Ogundipe”

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has warned that Nigeria’s worsening security situation could deteriorate further if urgent and decisive measures are not taken, cautioning that political leaders, including ministers, senators, and governors, may become targets of bandits and insurgents.

What is required under the law is that all terrorists and bandits arrested by the security forces shall be prosecuted by the Attorney-General of the Federation.

The command’s Spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the bandits attacked the village at about 9:00a.m.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) “over its failure to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion reportedly spent on the incorporation, transition, and rebranding of NNPC into NNPCL.” The NNPC reportedly paid N2.9 billion for incorporation expenses from petroleum product proceeds, while the […]

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, says those who suggested that he did not do enough to stop the killing of Easterners in the North in 1966 -1967 or that the federal government did not try to bring the perpetrators to book after the sad occurrence were wrong.

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for the 2027 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed concerns over growing political support for President Bola Tinubu from state governors, insisting that governors do not determine election outcomes.

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to allocate land along the Airport Road in Abuja for the development of Abdulsalami Abubakar’s African Resource Centre.

“His abduction and subsequent death are not only a loss to his family and Katsina State but a monumental loss to the entire country.”