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Police Arrest 46 After Peter Obi’s Convoy Blocked in Benue, One Dies, 10 injured

The Benue State Police Command has arrested 46 persons over the alleged obstruction of Peter Obi’s convoy during his visit to the state, as...

Obi’s Benue Convoy Blockade Deepens Political Tensions Ahead of 2027

The political atmosphere ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections came under renewed scrutiny on Tuesday after the convoy of the presidential candidate  of the...

Herbal Tea Merchant Unmasked as Convicted Cocaine Trafficker as NDLEA Smashes Drug Network Across Nine States

● Agency seizes 20,000-litre drug tanker, over 1.9m opioid pills, tonnes of cannabis, methamphetamine and cocaine in nationwide crackdown The herbal tea business was a...

NICON Goes Under as NAICOM Revokes Licence, Appoints Receiver

● Jimoh Ibrahim-linked insurer loses RIC-049 after recapitalisation battle • Ume SAN takes control • Policyholders, creditors told to deal with liquidator • Move...

Senator Shehu Buba denies sponsoring bandits — but questions surrounding the allegations remain

From a 2024 Hajj controversy to viral videos, political warfare and calls for a DSS disclosure, the allegations against the Bauchi senator have refused...

UN Map Vote Puts Africa’s Representation on the Global Agenda, But What Does it Achieve?

The United Nations has backed an African-led campaign to change how the world is visually represented on maps, in a vote that is less...

Zamfara Again: National Open University Bursar Nasiru Marafa Shot Dead in Zamfara

The Bursar of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Mallam Nasiru Gusau Marafa, has been killed in a shooting incident in Zamfara State,...

Guns in Nigeria: The Turkey Connection: why does Turkey keep appearing in major Nigerian arms-smuggling investigations?

●How a decade-old arms route has survived seizures, false declarations and tighter port surveillance By Our Investigations Desk A 20-foot container that appeared to be carrying...

Pastor Killed During Abduction in Plateau State, Renewing Concerns Over Religious Violence: TruthNigeria reports 24 Bokkos clergy killed since 2013

By Masara Kim, TruthNigeria Pastor Emmanuel Hills and his wife, Scholastica, left their home in Bokkos, Plateau State, at dawn on Friday, August 28, expecting...

2027: ‘Cut their fingers’; ‘leave your husband’; ‘support APC or leave’ – troubling campaign rhetoric exposes the thin line between political mobilisation and intimidation,...

Nigeria's 2027 general election campaign has barely begun, but politicians and political appointees have already begun testing the limits of acceptable political speech. In the...

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