President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new government agency, the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB).
The approval came following a request made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Pantami.
The NDPB will focus on data protection and privacy for the country, among others, in...
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, informed him that he never ordered nor knew about the weekly sit-at-home directive South-Easterners have been subjected to every Monday.
While speaking during the investiture of the 16th President of Enugu Chamber of...
The legal counsel to the embattled leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor has described the fraud story against him which was disclosed in a report by the founder of Due Process Advocates (DPA), Attorney Emeka Ugwuonye as wicked, false and despicable.
Ugwuonye in the report...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for increased access to modern contraceptive methods across the country to address the nation’s rising population.
The President made the call at the launch of the revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development at the State House in Abuja on Thursday February 3.
Buhari explained that the overall goal of...
African billionaire, Aliko Dangote’s jointly owned automobile company, Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN) has commenced assembling operations in Nigeria.
According to officials from the facility, between 2022 and 2023, DPAN will deploy the Land Trek, 3008, 5008 and the new 508 into the system with the help of their...
Obinna Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana and the Chairman of Cubana Group has started the construction of roads in his community in Anambra State.
One of the road, Afor Oba Old Road, is said to be under construction already, with many indigenes of the community praising his magnanimity.
The club...
96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers have been uncovered by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the announcement on Thursday February 3, during a briefing on the anti-corruption fight of the President Muhammadu Buhari.
Lai Mohammed also revealed that the fraud unit unmasked...
The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has called on the members of separatist movement to avail themselves in the ongoing peacemaking process.
This was revealed to Journalists in Owerri, on Monday by his lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor after they had visited Kanu last Thursday...
30 people have died in a busy market after a high-voltage electricity tower collapsed.
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La RDC en deuil :Ce matin au marché Matadi Kibala dans la commune de Mont Ngafula; Un câble électrique a lâché et a causé la perte de vie de plus ou moins 25 personnes. Les...
Soliu Majekodunmi, the 18-year-old who connived with three of his friends to kill his girlfriend, Sofiyah, for suspected money ritual purposes has said that he learnt the practice through Facebook.
While being paraded before newsmen on Monday, January 31, Majekodunmi said he typed "how to make money ritual" on Facebook and got the...
A bill seeking to regulate rent payments in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has passed a second reading in the senate.
The bill sponsored by Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC, Kogi), specifically seeks to stop yearly advance payment of rents and compel house owners to collect rent monthly in arrears.
According to Adeyemi, the bill...
Harvard trained lawyer and founder of Due Process Advocates, Barrister Emeka Ugwuonye has given Air Peace ten conditions that must be fulfilled before he can withdraw the lawsuit he slammed against them.
Tori Media over the weekend had reported how the human rights lawyer sued Air Peace for having disregard...
The joint operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the New Delhi Police has arrested a notorious foreign-based alleged human trafficker, Joy Shandy Okah in a deliberate operation targeting big-time traffickers outside Nigeria.
The successful operation also led to the rescue of three Nigerian...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for the conduct of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
In its weekly bulletin released on Monday, January 31,, the UTME exercise initially scheduled for April 20 to 30, would now hold as from Friday, May 6 to Monday, May 16....
A batch of 167 Nigerians stranded in Libya have been repatriated to the country.
The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Tuesday night.
The returnees comprised of 65 adult females, eight female children, 76 male adults and 18 male children.
The reception exercise, which was coordinated by...
Aphrodisiac seller Hauwa Saidu, better known as Jaruma, was granted bail earlier today by an Upper area Court in Zuba, Abuja.Jaruma who has been in detention at the Suleja correctional center was dragged before the court by billionaire businessman, Ned Nwoko, on a four-count charge of defamation of character, criminal intimidation,...
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Seme Area Command have seized cocaine worth N3.9billion.
A statement released by the spokesperson for the command, Hussain Abdullahi, says the hard drugs weighing 11.913 kilogrammes were discovered in a bus conveying religious books. According to the statement, a sizeable amount of...
A bill seeking to confer citizenship rights on foreigners married to Nigerian women has been adopted by a committee of the House of Representatives established to amend the 1999 constitution.
The committee which adopted the bill after a presentation by consultants working with them on amendment of the constitution, had also agreed to creation of...
There was a security breach at the domestic terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, as a Boeing 737-73V, with registration number EI-ULN, belonging to Arik Air was burgled and its Flight Management System, stolen.
The FMS is a computer designed to provide virtual data and operational harmony...
Aphrodisiac seller, Hauwa Muhammed aka Jaruma has been remanded in prison custody over post she made about business tycoon and actress Regina Daniels' husband, Ned Nwoko on social media.
Nwoko who had written a petition against Jaruma, accused the popular Kayanmata seller of publishing falsehoods on her Instagram page against him and his...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted Anambra state government approval to operate Boeing 737-700 Aircraft.
The approval was confirmed in a statement made by Chief Dr. Uche Nworah, the Managing Director of Anambra Broadcasting Services.
He said, “The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted Anambra state government the...
More than a dozen mutinous soldiers on Monday January 24, announced that a military junta now controls Burkina Faso after they detained the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattle in the capital.
A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament, and the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) technology for Nigeria’s Digital Economy.
The President during the launch today, Jan. 25, in Abuja directed all security institutions to leverage the technology when deployed, saying it will enhance security in the country.
He said the Federal Government will take...
Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja, today January 24, issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK.
The judge granted the request after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an...
The Imo state Director of Security Services (DSS), Wilcox Idaminabo, has disclosed that security agencies discovered dead bodies, human heads and roasted bodies during a raid at the kidnappers camp last Monday.
Idaminabo made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
According to the...
A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has narrated how late dictator, Gen Sani Abacha died in 1998 and what he knew about his death.
In an interview with Daily Trust TV, Abdulsalami noted that the former dictator died during the night and the then Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie,...
Buhari Orders EFCC To Arrest Airforce Officers Who Purchased Outdated Helicopters.
Based on the recommendation of the committee established to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
A 35-year-old ex-convict, Onyekachi Alozie and his wife, Oluchi, alongside another ex-convict, Agubata Maxwell Chimezie, 39, have been arrested over alleged kidnapped, murdered and setting ablaze of a 71-year-old man, Chief Precious Okorie in Imo state.
The gang was said to have accused Okorie of having an amorous relationship with...
A Kenyan woman who was accused of assaulting and killing her husband during a domestic brawl has been acquitted of murder charge by a court.
Naomi Njoki was accused of killing her husband, David Njogu on August 3, 2019 , by using a piece of wood to hit him on the...
The lead counsel of the Nigerian government in Nnamdi Kanu's case, has given an update after on their court outing yesterday January 19.
Recall it was reported that Nnamdi Kanu who is facing terrorism charges, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the Nigerian government.
Addressing newsmen after...
A civil rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has released a report alleging soldiers of the Nigerian Army, together with the Police, DSS, NSCDC and other members of the Armed Forces raided not less than 100 Igbo communities, attacked not less than 1000...
The Lagos State Government has signed an agreement for the collection of "Consolidated Informal Sector Transport Levy” to harmonise dues collected by the government from commercial motorists at parks and garages across the State.
The government signed the agreement with the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Road Transport...
Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court has ruled that the invasion of the security agents to the residence of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in 2017 was unlawful and an infringement on his human rights.
Kanu had approached the Court demanding N5 billion...
The terrorism charges against the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been amended by the federal government.
The counts has increased from seven to 15 ahead of the resumed hearing today January 18, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Kanu’s legal team said it was served with an...
The consumer price index, which measures the rate of increase in the price of goods and services, in Nigeria, increased to 15.63 percent in December 2021.
This is contained in the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The rate is 0.23 percent points higher than the 15.40 percent...
The use of restricted drugs or substances and trafficking in them have undoubtedly gained notoriety among some Nigerian youths, with many being caught in the web of its negative consequences.
Records of drug offences in Nigerian courts show how deep drug abuse/trafficking has eaten into the fabrics of the society.
The...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has again appealed to the federal government to adopt a political solution in the case of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday January 14, said political solution is possible since militants in the south-south...
Socialite and Chairman of Cubana group of companies, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana was on Thursday January 13 grilled by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for an alleged link to the illegal narcotic business.
Punch reported that Obi Cubana was grilled for about five hours at the Abuja headquarters of the...
Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has said that members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, are in control of Abadam and Guzamala Local Government Areas of the state.
The governor disclosed this when Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume led other senators including military officers from the army...
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria.
This was made known by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE today January 12.
In a statement released, Kashifu said the approval was given following a memo written to...
As much as $15bn (N6.1trn at N411 to a dollar) have been frittered away through fraudulent arms procurement deals in the last 20 years, according to a report by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).
The report said political and security elite have monetised the conflicts and the resulting...
A Kenyan police officer from Koromotangi village in Kakamega County has reportedly committed suicide over an alleged salary delay.
Abel Kemboi was found dead on Wednesday, January 5, after complaining to friends and relatives that his December salary had been delayed.
Before committing suicide, Kemboi reportedly said he would take up the salary issue...
The Nigerian Navy has announced that it intercepted N10billion worth of cocaine between October 9 and 28, 2021.
Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Admiral Bashir Mohammed also said 261 bags of cannabis worth over N100 million in the local market were intercepted during the Yuletide.
Addressing reporters at NNS BEECROFT parade ground, Apapa, Lagos...
Ghana Police Service have announced that videos of some prophecies made by Pastors during 31st-night church services in December 2021 are currently being reviewed, to determine if they breached laws of the country.
LIB reported earlier that ahead of the cross-over service, the country's police warned religious leaders against making misleading prophecies for 2022. The GPS said...
The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists.
The declaration titled ‘Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice, 2021 is contained in Volume 108 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette.
The declaration reads in part
“Notice is hereby given that by the Order of the Federal...
The Amalgamation of Northern Traders in Cattle, Grains, and Vegetables has announced plans by its members to cease from supplying its items to South-Eastern markets. They say this is in reaction to the ban placed on beef consumption by the Indigenous People Of Biafra in the region.
Recall that on January 3, IPOB...
A mayor in Northern Niger has been arrested after 200kg of cocaine worth around $8.7 million, was found in his official car.
Sources told Reuters that the mayor and his driver, who were in the vehicle at the time, were arrested with 199 bricks of cocaine at a checkpoint on the...
The ban on Twitter operation in the country may soon be lifted as the social media giant has reportedly met six conditions imposed on it by the Nigerian government.
The Nation reported that the Technical Committee raised by the government to resolve the impasse between the two parties is fine-tuning the...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced a ban on the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools across the Southeast.
IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, made the announcement as part of its action plan for the year 2022.
He also announced the ban on the use...
Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the lawyers of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has resigned from his position.
Olajengbesi noted that he said in the beginning, that the scope of his work would only be within the purview of his professional duty as a lawyer to Mr Igboho and his aides.
He...
President Buhari has signed a record N17.13 trillion 2022 appropriation bill into law. He signed the bill at the statehouse this morning December 31.
The president also signed the 2021 finance bill into law.
President at the signing ceremony was the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of...
China has banned it's national team footballers from getting tattoos and has also instructed players to remove or cover the ones they have.
In the latest development, China's sporting administration body has also prohibited the football selectors from recruiting new players with tattoos at both the national and the youth...
The deadline for linkage of the Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) cards with the National Identity Numbers (NIN) has been extended till March 31, 2022, by the federal government.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, conveyed the approval of the Federal Government in a joint statement by the...
Police in Busia County, Kenya have arrested a 40-year-old man ferrying bundles of marijuana in a bag strapped around his body.
The man identified as Albert Wabwire was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, December 30, at the Sio area walking on from Busia to Matayos.
Police said that upon conducting a search,...
Almost 40 miners were killed with eight missing in Sudan on Tuesday, December 28, when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a Sudanese government official has said.
The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of capital Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head of the state-run...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced that it has concluded arrangements to sanction owners of 435 uncompleted and abandoned structures in Federal Capital City (FCC), Abuja.
FCTA Director of Land Administration, Alhaji Adamu Hussaini said the decision was taken to ensure adequate protection of lives and property in and...
