News

Michael Olumide Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) for alleged drug trafficking in separate operations carried out across Anambra and Kwara states, even as the agency uncovered a massive N5.8 billion stash of imported cannabis, popularly known as Loud, in…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), working closely with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Lagos Country Office and other international law enforcement agencies, have dismantled a major transnational criminal organisation involved in laundering drug proceeds worth hundreds of billions of naira across Europe…

Michael Olumide Controversy surrounding the registration of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken a sharper legal and political turn, as promoter of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Dr. Umar Ardo, launched a scathing attack on both the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing the process that…

Michael Olumide Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has declared that President Bola Tinubu will be defeated in the 2027 presidential election, insisting that the victory will come through his candidacy rather than any coalition of opposition political figures. Sowore asserted during…

Michael Olumide Former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni, has issued a stark warning about the state of Nigeria’s democracy, cautioning that the country is gradually slipping into what he described as “organised opportunism” under the guise of a multi-party system. Speaking during an appearance on Frontline, a current affairs programme…

Michael Olumide Political tension within the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has escalated following fresh revelations surrounding the alleged exclusion of former governor and serving senator, Gbenga Daniel (OGD), from a stakeholders’ meeting in Ijebu-Ode. The controversy, which reportedly unfolded at the Adeola Odutola Hall during…

Camillus Nnaji As Nigerians react with shock to another foreign loan proposal by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, concerns continue to mount over the Federal Government’s latest $516 million loan request approved by the Senate. According to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the loan facility, sourced through Deutsche Bank, is intended…

Michael Olumide A civil society group, the Nasarawa United Forum (NUF), has raised alarm over an alleged plot to manipulate the forthcoming governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State. In a statement issued on Monday by its Coordinator, Abdulaziz Abba, the group claimed that certain individuals…

Okechukwu Nwanguma From the events that ignited the #EndSARS, to recurring reports of unlawful raids, to the unresolved outrage over the extrajudicial killing of Mene Ogidi, Delta State has become a troubling epicentre of police abuse and impunity. Now, these fresh allegations from Oporikoko Police Station – of women stripped…

Chinedum Ukaegbu Movement for Improved Welfare for Nigeria Police Force (miwNPF) has strongly condemned the alleged unlawful killing of a suspect by a police officer identified as Usman Nuhu, describing the incident as a grave violation of human rights and a setback to ongoing police reform efforts in Nigeria. In…