Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has announced a crackdown on car spotters, saying the activity will no longer be tolerated on Lagos roads, particularly around the Lekki-Epe corridor. Speaking during a live interview on Nigeria Info FM, Hamzat described car spotting as a menace and said surveillance cameras are already being used to identify…
A bullet-riddled campaign vehicle belonging to the Osun APC governorship campaign has become the latest flashpoint in an increasingly tense election, with claims that the vehicle was targeted in an assassination attempt against APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji’s convoy. Videos circulating online show several apparent bullet impacts concentrated along one side of the vehicle. However, the…
Two very different political moments in Nasarawa and Bauchi are raising the same uncomfortable question ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections: what happens when political competition becomes more about money and weakened institutions than the quality of leadership? A video circulating online shows Hajiya Maryam Wadada, wife of APC Nasarawa governorship candidate Senator Ahmed Wadada, distributing…
Japan has committed $3.5 million to strengthen Nigeria’s rice seed production system, providing equipment and technical support to the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) and its outstations. The intervention is designed to improve the quality and availability of rice seeds supplied to farmers across the country. But the interesting part of this intervention is that…
Nigeria’s security agencies face renewed scrutiny over allegations of people being held for years without trial, raising a question that goes beyond individual cases: how can the state fight insecurity effectively if people can remain in detention without a clear judicial resolution? One of the cases attracting attention is that of Onyeaka Ozioma Elizabeth, an…
Ten police officers and two civilians have been killed in a major gun battle with suspected bandits in Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State, highlighting just how dangerous the north-western security crisis remains even as authorities report increasing successes against armed groups. The confrontation happened around 9:25 a.m. Monday along the Rafin Makuku axis,…
Fresh details from the ongoing investigation into Nigeria’s alleged 2025 coup plot have put Army Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji at the centre of the case. Investigators reportedly identified him as a key organiser of the alleged plan to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, with statements attributed to him naming other military officers allegedly involved. But the bigger…
The release of Katsina-born carpenter Mustapha Marwana by the Department of State Services (DSS) is significant for more than the ₦3 million compensation attached to it. Marwana was arrested in connection with the May 15 attack on schools in Oyo State’s Oriire area, where pupils and teachers were abducted and two victims were reportedly killed….
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared indefinite strikes at Imo State University and Nasarawa State University, Keffi, disrupting academic activities over unpaid salaries, promotion arrears and other outstanding entitlements. At the same time, ASUU has authorized branches in about 20 other universities to issue 14-day strike ultimatums over the failure to implement…
Air Peace operations were disrupted at the Lagos and Abuja airports on Tuesday after aviation unions, backed by the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), picketed the airline over allegations that it prevented workers from unionizing and failed to remit ticket-related charges owed to aviation authorities. Passengers were left stranded as access…
