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Who Is in Charge? Tinubu’s Extended Working Vacation Raises Constitutional Questions

Twenty-one days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu left Nigeria for what the Presidency described as a three-week working vacation, a new question has entered...

FG constitutes independent committee to investigate reported deaths of 37 people in NSCDC custody, releases full list of suspended officers

PRESS STATEMENT FG constitutes independent committee to investigate reported deaths of 37 people in NSCDC custody, releases full list of suspended officers The Minister of Interior,...

Troops, Vigilantes Capture Suspected Kachalla Maha Commander Linked to Rabe Abubakar Abduction

Security forces and members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps have reportedly captured senior members of a notorious bandit network linked to the...

Change of Plans: Shettima Now to Lead Nigeria’s Delegation to 81st UN General Assembly

Vice President Kashim Shettima will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States,...

Kogi Mourns Ex-Governor Ibrahim Idris, Declares Three Days of Mourning

Kogi State has declared three days of mourning following the death of former Governor Ibrahim Idris, who passed away in the United Kingdom on...

Taraba Mining Pit Claims 20 & Niger Imposes 24-Hour Curfew as FG Investigates Deaths of 37 Suspected Illegal Miners

Niger State Governor, Umar Mohammed Bago, has imposed a 24-hour curfew across the state following protests and acts of vandalism triggered by the deaths...

NHRC Condemns Deaths of 37 Suspected Miners in NSCDC Custody, Demands Full Investigation

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the deaths of about 37 persons suspected to be artisanal miners while in...

37 Suspected Illegal Miners Die in NSCDC Custody in Niger as Investigations Begin

At least 37 suspected illegal miners, including minors, have died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in...

Lost and Found: Salma Hope Yakubu is Alive

More than 24 hours after she was reported missing, Salma Hope Yakubu has been found. Details are sketchy, but she was allegedly found in an...

Orire School Abduction: Victim Describes 56 Days of Torture, Hunger in Captivity

By Yemi Oyeyemi, Abuja. A witness in the trial of five alleged members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Ansaru) on Thursday gave the Federal High Court in Abuja a harrowing...

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