11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (891+ words) A recent report by SBM Intelligence revealing that 7,825 people were abducted and N7.78 billion paid in ransom between July 2025 and June 2026 alone shows how lucrative the business of kidnapping has become in Nigeria, which makes it difficult to stop the scourge,…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1437+ words) Five years into the agency’s existence, while the scale of the work is perhaps still daunting, she is not about to quit or let things get half done. A lawyer and public administrator, she has more than 15 years of public…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (333+ words) Amnesty International has strongly condemned the brutal killing of a Kano journalist and social media political commentator, Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagamu, whose body was found in a pool of his own blood at his home in Gaida, Kumbotso Local Government…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (533+ words) The power shifted in Nigeria’s boardrooms on Wednesday as Baba Alokolaro, Managing Partner of The New Practice (TNP), was sworn in as the 10th Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, NBA-SBL. In a ceremony that signaled a…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (853+ words) • NICON insists it remains going concern, alleges ‘fake and fraudulent’ recapitalisation exercise National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has revoked the operating licence of NICON Insurance Limited and appointed a Receiver/Provisional Liquidator to take control of the company’s affairs, assets, and…...

1+ week, 44+ min ago   (974+ words) Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The controversy surrounding the reported deaths at Jetty Creeks in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State deepened Saturday as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) confirmed that four corpses had been sighted…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (274+ words) The African Law Foundation (AFRILAW) has trained some 30 human rights defenders, journalists and civil society organisations in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, on protecting human rights, ensuring corporate accountability, and promoting responsible business conduct in the extractive sector. AFRILAW Executive Director Chinweike Okereke…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (543+ words) Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has fixed September 3, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and possible commencement of trial of the Leader and Spokesman of the Conscience of Ogoni…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (957+ words) Francis Sardauna in Katsina, Laleye Dipo in Minna, Linus Aleke in Abuja and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered heightened rescue operations in Niger State for worshippers abducted during terrorist attacks on communities within…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1060+ words) .Troops neutralise 2 terrorists, recover weapons, motorcycles in Sokoto.Police rescue kidnapped NYSC members in Kogi Kwara Government yesterday reunited the 146 kidnapped victims of the Woro community in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state with their families after 21 days of…...