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Senate swears in 4 new senators
The Senate has sworn in four new senators who emerged victorious in the recent by-elections conducted to fill vacant seats in the Red Chamber. The vacancies arose following the death of three senators and the appointment of one senator as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The newly sworn in lawmakers are Olaka Nwogu…
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Sokoto Court sentences 3 to death for terrorism, arms trafficking
A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three individuals, including a foreign national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking. The convicts — Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, a citizen of the Republic of Niger, Yusuf Muhammad, popularly known as Sallau, and Kabiru Muhammad — were prosecuted following their…
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BREAKING: Senate Passes Bill To Establish State Police
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for the establishment of state police services across the federation. With its passage, the legislation replaces the existing Nigeria Police Force framework with a dual structure comprising a Federal Police Service and State Police Services. The bill was considered after Senate…
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Coalition Petitions EFCC, ICPC Over Alleged N339m PAP Training Expenditure in Abuja
A coalition of more than 300 civil society organisations has called for the immediate investigation and possible arrest of officials of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) over an alleged expenditure of N339 million on a capacity-building training programme for 120 stakeholders. The groups, under the umbrella of the Civil Society Alliance Against Corruption and Abuse…
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Obi condemns Sowore’s remand in Kuje prison, warns against ‘dangerous regression’ in Nigeria’s democracy
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over the remand of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, in Kuje Correctional Centre, warning that the development could send troubling signals about the state of democracy in Nigeria. In a statement posted on his X account on Tuesday, Obi described Sowore’s remand as a…
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DSS Closes Case Against El-Rufai as Trial Continues on September 22, 2026 – Bail Adjustment Rejected
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja today rejected the defence’s application for adjustment of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s bail conditions in the alleged wiretapping trial. The defence sought variation of the stringent bail terms, which require sureties to be Level 17 civil servants with properties in Maitama or Asokoro,…
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Obi’s call for Tinubu’s resignation shows poor understanding of constitution — Sunday Dare
Presidential media aide Sunday Dare has criticised Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, over his recent call for President Bola Tinubu to resign, describing the demand as evidence of a poor understanding of Nigeria’s constitutional democracy. In a statement on Tuesday, Dare said Obi’s remarks were not the actions of a…
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Police Recover ₦8m Stolen Telecom Batteries on Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway, Arrest Four Suspects
Oyo State Police Command has arrested four suspected members of a theft syndicate and recovered telecommunications power equipment valued at about ₦8 million during an operation along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway. The suspects, identified as Jimoh Mufutau, 35, from Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State; Saheed Akanbi, 34, from Onipanu, Lagos State; Lateef Ibrahim, 37, from Igando, Lagos…
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Oyo Police arrest armed robbers, recover firearms and ammunition
In its sustained efforts to rid Oyo State of criminal elements and ensure the safety of lives and property, the Oyo State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough with the arrest of three suspected armed robbers and the recovery of firearms and ammunition. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement…
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EFCC re-arraigns Theophilus Madami for alleged N16m fraud in Kaduna
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 22, 2026 re-arraigned Theophilus Madami, before Justice A. Isiaka of the State High Court, sitting in Kaduna for fraud. Madami, a former councillor in Kaduna South Local Government Area was re-arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false…