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PDP Postpones Screening Of Aspirants For 2025 National Convention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the screening of aspirants for its 2025 national convention. In a statement on Monday, the opposition party said it was moved due to “unforeseen” issues. “The National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has put on hold the screening of aspirants…
Alleged Defamation: Charges Against Natasha Not Abuse Of Court Process – AGF
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice has faulted claim by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that the charges filed against her before the Federal Capital Territory High Court and the Federal High Court Abuja, amounts to an abuse of court process. The AGF’s office said the charges were duly…
NFF Failed To Deliver Promised FIFA-Funded Stadium In Anambra – Peter Obi
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has taken a swipe at the Nigeria Football Federation for allegedly failing to deliver a promised FIFA-funded stadium in Anambra. In a post on X on Monday, Obi weighed in to recent allegations of fund mismanagement labelled against the NFF. Some reports alleged that NFF misappropriated FIFA…
Nigeria No Longer On Global Financial Watch List — NFIU
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has announced the official exit of Nigeria from the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, commonly known as the grey list. Nigeria was removed from the list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 2025 Plenary in Paris, France. Accordign to the NFIU the “milestone” marks…
BREAKING: Tinubu Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints Replacements
Bola Tinubu has made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs in furtherance of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen the national security architecture. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Public Communication, Sunday Dare, the President appointed General Olufemi Oluyede to replace…
JUST IN: Police Re-arrest Sowore On Fresh Charge After Bail
Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, has been re-arrested by the Nigerian Police shortly after his court appearance at the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. Sowore, alongside Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, a former member of Kanu’s legal team, and ten others, had earlier met their bail conditions. The court granted them…
‘I Won’t Pay Ransom, Negotiate With Bandits,’ Bago Tells Niger Residents To Defend Themselves
Amid growing concerns over insecurity in different parts of the country, the Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has urged residents to defend themselves against persistent bandit attacks. He insisted that his administration would neither negotiate with nor pay ransom to criminals under any circumstances. Bago made the declaration during a visit to the Rijau and…
Nnamdi Kanu Protest: Court Fixes Oct 29 To Hear Police Suit Against Sowore, Others
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed October 29 for the hearing of the suit filed by the police against Omoyele Sowore and other conveners of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on October 20. The suit, originally scheduled for October 20 for the respondents in the ex parte motion to show cause why the interim…
Nnamdi Kanu Defends Self In Court As Lawyers Withdraw From Trial
Lead counsel for Nnamdi Kanu, Kanu Agabi, has applied to withdraw from representing the detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stating that the defendant had taken the case back from his legal team. All the senior advocates of Nigeria on the defence team have also withdrawn from the suit, a…
Why We Arrested Sowore – Police
The Nigeria Police Force said it arrested the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for luring protesters into a restricted area to protest in contravention of an order of a court. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said this during a media conference on Thursday in Abuja. “Sowore has been arrested by the Nigeria…