Metro & Security…Court fixes Oct. 21 for trial By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled a Nigerian-Mexican drug cartel operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Eziama community, Obeagu, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The agency also arr...
Metro & SecurityHe said the troops engaged suspected terrorists in a firefight, forcing some of them to flee, while four were subsequently arrested during an exploitation of the area.n
Politics“What is he doing? He has not been to the United Nations for three consecutive years. A reasonable man should say that he is hiding from the United States of America,” Okonkwo said.n
PoliticsABUJA — The legal dispute between former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s United States-based lobbyist, Karl Von Batten, and Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has escalated, with both sides threatening multimillion-dollar lawsuits in the United States. Von Batten-Montague-Yor...
SportsENUGU — Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has raised concerns over the increasing role of the courts in determining electoral outcomes in Nigeria, warning that the judiciary should not gradually replace voters in deciding who represents the people. Osi...
Politics…You won’t decide my Senate return bid ABUJA — Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has told FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, that she cannot be intimidated by insults, threats or political pressure, insisting that no minister is above the law. Kingibe also declared ...
Business & EconomyBy Obas Esiedesa, Abuja ABUJA — Nigeria’s petrol imports rose to 20.6 million litres per day (ml/d) in August 2026, even as supply from domestic refineries increased to 29.7ml/d, latest data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has shown. The August f...
Politics…Courts increasingly determining election outcomes By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU — Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Afam Osigwe, SAN, has said Nigeria is among the countries with the highest number of election petitions, attributing the development to the increasing involveme...
General News…Convenes stakeholders over traffic resurgence By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — The Lagos State Government has moved to tackle renewed traffic congestion along the Apapa port access roads, Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki Free Trade Zone corridor, convening maritime, transportation and enforcement stak...
EntertainmentNigerian music video director, TG Omori, reveals that some videos cost over $100,000, especially when shot abroad due to high production expenses.nn
PoliticsA PDP chieftain in Ekiti, Dr Oluwole Oluyede, has hailed Governor Biodun Oyebanji for donating 100 operational vehicles to security agencies in the state.nn
Breaking NewsKylian Mbappé leads the list of top 10 goalscorers in Europe’s top five leagues since 2020, closely followed by Erling Haaland and Harry Kane.nn
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