5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (857+ words) NICON rejects NAICOM’s licence revocation, calls recapitalisation exercise “fake and fraudulent” and says the dispute is before court. National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has revoked the operating licenceof NICON Insurance Limited and appointed a Receiver/Provisional Liquidator to take control of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (515+ words) Hearing in suit seeking disqualification of Tinubu is stalled after Atiku’s legal team rejects Tinubu’s lawyer’s offer to accept court documents on his behalf. The presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, and ADC had last month initiated…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1064+ words) EFCC says it recovered N1.23trn and $684m, secured 10,872 convictions and forfeits thousands of assets over three years. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that it recovered N1.233 trillion, $684.48 million, £373,905.78, €9.34 million, and money in other foreign currencies for the federal and state…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (559+ words) Excerpt: Federal High Court in Port Harcourt adjourns bail hearing and possible trial of Ogoni activist Gani Topba over terrorism charges. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has fixed September 3, 2026, for the hearing of the bail…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1354+ words) Police intensify rescue operations for abducted worshippers as CAN demands stronger security, while troops repel terrorist attacks across three states. The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered heightened rescue operations in Niger State for worshippers abducted during terrorist attacks…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (794+ words) Mining Marshals say an Abuja quarry remains sealed as a crime scene while its operators face trial over alleged illegal mining. Responding to the allegations, the Commander of the Mining Marshals said the quarry was sealed not as an administrative…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (333+ words) Traders protest in Onitsha after a policeman allegedly shoots a trader during a dispute over an N5,000 bribe. There was pandemonium in Onitsha yesterday at the River Niger Head Bridge, after a policeman pulled the trigger on a trader over an…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1135+ words) NHRC records nearly 355,000 complaints in July as killings, kidnappings and rights abuses intensify across Nigeria. Nigeria’s human rights crisis assumed a more troubling dimension in July, with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recording 354,997 complaints, even as the commission entered…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (522+ words) Nigeria has launched a new National Strategy for Combating Organised Crime, signalling a major shift towards a coordinated, intelligence-led national response to criminal networks involved in cybercrime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, migrant smuggling and other transnational crimes. The initiative was…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (480+ words) TUC Chairman Festus Osifo commends DSS arrests and prosecutions, saying they send a clear warning to terrorists and bandits. The Chairman of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, has commended the leadership of the Department of State Services…...