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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that the Ebola outbreak affecting parts of the continent remains uncontrolled, with more than 10,200 confirmed cases and over 5,000 deaths recorded. The Director-General of Africa CDC, Dr Jean Kaseya, disclosed this on Friday, October 30, 2026, during an interview on Channels Television’s […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has rejected seven extrajudicial statements obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from Aminu Baba-Kusa, the second defendant in the alleged ₦33.2 billion arms fraud trial involving former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd.), and three others. Justice Charles Agbaza, in […]

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has taken aim at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 presidential ambition, arguing that any northerner seeking to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the election would be acting against what he described as the North’s collective political interest. Akume, a former governor of Benue State, […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has sentenced an Aba-based businessman, Innocent Okoye, to five years’ imprisonment for producing counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Justice K. O. Ogundare delivered the judgment on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, after finding Okoye guilty on two counts brought against him by the National Agency for […]

A retired Justice of the Supreme Court has told a room full of senior lawyers and judges that corruption is turning Nigeria’s courts into markets. Hon. Justice Amina Adamu Augie was delivering the public lecture at the 40th anniversary of the Nigerian Law School Class of 1986, a class she taught before her own judicial […]

Professor of Political Economy and Nigeria Democratic Congress chieftain, Pat Utomi, has said he will not engage social media users whom he accused of being supporters of the All Progressives Congress paid or encouraged to attack critics of the Federal Government, describing such exchanges as an insult to his integrity. Utomi made the remarks on […]

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the immediate past Director-General of the State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies. The appointment, which takes effect from Thursday, October 22, 2026, is for an initial term of four years. The National Institute for Security Studies disclosed […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has warned Nigerians against paying money to secure bail from police custody, stressing that both police officers who demand or accept such payments and individuals who offer the money could face arrest and prosecution. The warning was conveyed through the Head of the Police Complaint Response Unit, Superintendent of […]

A fresh controversy has emerged in the Anglican Diocese of Awka after a graphic shared by Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, claimed that the Archbishop of the Province of the Niger and Bishop of the Diocese of Awka, Most Rev. Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, officiated at a service at […]

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has warned that it may issue a warrant of arrest against a former President of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Staff Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, Olalekan Ogunbayo, if he again fails to appear in court for his arraignment over an alleged ₦582 million fraud. Justice Lesley Wike […]

Primate Elijah Ayodele, Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu could only win the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in the 2027 presidential election through rigging, while also claiming that Nigeria’s name would eventually be changed. Ayodele made the predictions in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and affirmed the judgment declaring unlawful the detention of former Nigerian Bar Association Vice-President, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN, for 21 days after a suspect for whom he stood surety could not be produced. A three-member panel […]