Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has finally obeyed the directive of the Federal High Court in Abuja to file his defence in the terrorism charge brought against him by the Federal Government. Kanu, who has repeatedly resisted opening his defence, was seen on Friday completing the process of filing …
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the ₦100 billion suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and others over an oil import licence dispute. Justice Mohammed Umar gave the ruling on Wednesday after counsel for Dangote, Mr. C. O. Adegbe, formally withdrew the …
The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) has cautioned Nigeria and other countries recently removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list against complacency, urging them to sustain their reforms and strengthen anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. GIABA Director General, Mr Edwin W. Harris Jr, gave the warning …
The Federal Government has urged United States President Donald Trump to approach Nigeria’s security situation with understanding and caution, following his recent claim that Christians were facing genocide in the country. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris made the appeal during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, days after Trump threatened possible …
The Senate has disclosed that about $303 billion in proceeds from stolen crude oil transactions, both local and international, have remained unaccounted for over the years. This revelation followed the presentation of an interim report by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft and Related Sabotage in the Niger Delta. Presenting the report, …
Politics in Kano is now telling a different story than the usual. While other opposition politicians are running to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), over 100 members of the APC in Tarai, Kibiya Local Government Area of Kano State, have defected to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). The Kano State Commissioner for Humanitarian …
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that his late father left behind more than 20 houses for his children in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Kyari made the revelation while being cross-examined by counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Sunday Joseph, …
The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s foremost opposition parties, has deepened following a ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja, which stopped the party from proceeding with its planned national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, pending further notice. The PDP’s national …
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has faulted Tuesday’s decision of an Oyo State High Court, which approved the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to proceed with its planned national convention in Ibadan on November 15 and 16, 2025. Conflicting Court Orders Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo High Court, while ruling on …
Nigerian activist and public commentator Mahdi Shehu has warned that both Christians and Muslims would suffer if the United States were to invade Nigeria under the pretext of protecting religious groups. In a post on X on Wednesday, Shehu alleged that Washington’s heightened interest in Nigeria is driven principally by a fear of China and …
