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Human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has allegedly been abducted by armed men in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following an attack on a restaurant where he was present on Friday, October 30, 2026. The incident reportedly occurred at Tawakalitu Restaurants and Catering Services, where a group of armed […]

The Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee, led by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahaman, has discharged and acquitted 80 inmates at the Yolde-Pate Correctional Centre in Yola South Local Government Area as part of an ongoing review of cases across correctional facilities in the state. The 80 persons released comprised 55 awaiting-trial […]

“A lot of ministers pay billions and billions to get themselves appointed. The first thing they think of is how to recoup that money,” Alwan Hassan, a spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, has alleged. Hassan made the claim during a television interview while defending President Bola Tinubu’s approach to government expenditure and responding […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered substituted service of Form 49 on directors of Western Metal Products Company over alleged disobedience of a subsisting court order in a dispute involving United Bank for Africa Plc. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order following contempt proceedings commenced by UBA against the directors of WEMPCO. […]

Nollywood actress Doris Ogala, on Friday, knelt before the Federal High Court in Lagos to apologise for her unruly behaviour during an earlier sitting. She was, however, returned to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre after the court reserved ruling on her bail application until November 6, 2026. Ogala, who is facing charges bordering on alleged cyberstalking, […]

Virginia State Senator Lillie Louise Lucas has been indicted on five federal charges, including allegations involving drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud and firearms offences, over what United States authorities described as a multi-year marijuana distribution and financial scheme involving members of her family and business associates. The 82-year-old Democratic lawmaker, who has served in the […]

A United States federal judge, Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas, is facing judicial misconduct proceedings after a committee of judicial investigators reportedly concluded that she had “abandoned her post as a federal judge” and recommended that her docket be temporarily taken away from her. Bloomberg Law, in a report published on October […]

An Ebola scare gripped the National Assembly on Wednesday as Senate President Godswill Akpabio disclosed that several senators declined to shake hands with him amid concerns over the confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory. Akpabio made the disclosure during the Senate’s consideration of a motion on measures to prevent the spread of the […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed December 8, 2026, for judgment in a suit challenging the constitutionality of Section 65(b) of the Electoral Act 2026, which empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review election results declared by returning officers under certain circumstances. Justice Muhammad Umar fixed the date on Tuesday after […]

*Says “I Cannot Verify His Certificates, But I Know His Intellectual Capacity” Professor Pat Utomi has come to the defence of the academic and political commentator Anthony Kila, condemning what he described as a pattern of online attack and public humiliation directed at people over their professional backgrounds. In a post on X on Saturday, […]

Gospel singer and evangelist Tope Alabi has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Canada-based pastor Tayo Kumuyi to withdraw and apologise for social media publications allegedly linking her to the death of fellow gospel minister Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, popularly known as Toluwanisings, warning that failure to comply could trigger court proceedings and complaints to law-enforcement authorities. […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Tuduru Ede, SAN, has accused Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited of deploying multiple security agencies to intimidate community landlords in Idu Ekpeye Community, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, and of attempting to intimidate him as counsel to the community, in an urgent press release issued through Tuduru […]