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A serving Nigerian military intelligence officer, Colonel Abdussalam A. Ude, has reportedly been shot dead by armed men who attempted to abduct him from his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. The senior officer was reportedly attacked on Monday evening, July 27, 2026, shortly after arriving at his residence and alighting from his vehicle. […]

The Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, ICMC Nigeria, has opened registration for its forthcoming Mediation Skills Accreditation and Certification Course scheduled to hold in Abuja from August 3 to 7, 2026. The five-day physical training will take place at the ICMC Mediation House, KM 9, Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja, with daily […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has affirmed the appointment of Professor Sunday Amuseghan as the Kalasuwe of Apoiland and paramount ruler of the Ijaw people in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state. The appellate court dismissed an appeal filed by Prince Joseph Orire David challenging the judgment of the Ondo […]

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Lagos, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of 70 Nigerian Army personnel who were convicted by courts-martial in 2014 but subsequently granted an unconditional presidential pardon by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice S.A. Yelwa, in a landmark judgment delivered on July 20, 2026, held that the presidential pardon […]

President Bola Tinubu on Monday declined to personally receive a special delegation sent by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over the renewed attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa. The delegation, led by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, had reportedly arrived in Abuja on Friday seeking an […]

The Senate has clarified that the prohibition of preaching and hawking inside commercial vehicles was not newly introduced through the ongoing amendment of the Federal Road Safety Commission Establishment Act, insisting that the activities have been classified as road traffic offences since 2007. The clarification followed widespread criticism of the Federal Road Safety Corps Amendment […]

The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly has deepened, with lawmakers insisting that plenary will not resume until the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, resigns over allegations of financial misconduct involving ₦44 million linked to the Ondo State Oil-Producing Areas Development Commission. The lawmakers had earlier issued Oladiji an ultimatum to resign voluntarily or face […]

The Corporate Affairs Commission has commissioned an additional service office at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, as part of efforts to bring business registration and regulatory compliance services closer to entrepreneurs and small business owners. The new office was commissioned on Monday, July 27, 2026, by the Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Hussaini […]

The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and death sentence imposed on Abu Umar for stabbing Abdulkadir Abubakar to death during a fight in Tafa Town, Niger State. A five-member panel of the apex court unanimously dismissed Umar’s appeal after holding that the prosecution proved the charge of culpable homicide punishable with death beyond reasonable […]

…Challenge Okpebholo’s Edo Clearance Remark The Federal High Court in Abuja has cleared the way for the hearing of a suit seeking to compel President Bola Tinubu and Nigeria’s security agencies to provide maximum security for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The suit, marked […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced fugitive drug trafficker Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu and former international footballer Hunkarin Segun George to a combined 24 years’ imprisonment for offences connected with the unlawful importation of 7.05 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria. Justice Musa Kakaki convicted the two men and imposed the prison terms without an […]

The Federal Government has approved an upward review of hazard allowances, responsibility allowances and other earned benefits payable to members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions in federal universities. Under the revised remuneration package, the laboratory, workshop, studio, clinical and occupational hazard allowance for senior employees will increase by as much […]