A major in the British Army (name withheld) and his accomplices have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in connection with the smuggling into the country of over 50 AK 47 rifles, six pump-action shotguns and over 3,000 rounds of ammunition, The Nation has learnt. It was gathered that the…
Nigeria has ranked third on the list of African countries with the highest number of deportations from the United States (U.S) between 2020 and 2025, according to data from The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A total of 437 Nigerian nationals were removed from the U.S. during this period, with many facing deportation…
Last week’s defections of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, predecessor in office, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and their supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, increased concerns that Nigeria is headed for a one-party state. In this interview, one of the founding fathers of…
A former Special Adviser on Political Matters in the Office of the Vice President, Hakeem Baba Ahmed, has written President Bola Tinubu to ask him to “step aside (in 2027) not for your opponents but for a generation of Nigerians who can carry the nation forward with fresh energy and ideas”. The letter: Your Excellency,…
A controversial Nigerian cleric, Chris Oyakhilome, has claimed without evidence that Pope Francis died from the effects of taking the coronavirus vaccine. Mr Oyakhilome, president of LoveWorld Incorporated, made the claim on Saturday, about five years after he falsely claimed that there was a link between the 5G network, Corona virus, and the Anti-Christ. In…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has pleaded with Governor Similaye Fubara of Rivers State to remain in the party and not defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. George made the appeal during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. According to him, the PDP have a structure and…
The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has credited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with saving Nigeria’s economy from total collapse through the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. Adeola stated that the previous administration borrowed heavily to fund fuel subsidy payments and stabilise the naira…
A Magistrate Court sitting at Rijiyar Zaki in Kano has convicted and sentenced one Inuwa Ayuba to two months imprisonment for illegal felling of seven neem trees at Sarauniya village in Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state. According to the prosecution Counsel, Bahijja Aliyu, the monitoring team from the Ministry of Environment and…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has launched an online registration portal and identity cards for members of his Obidient Movement in Nigeria and in the diaspora. This was disclosed in a joint statement issued in Abuja by the Obidient Movement’s National Coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko and its Director of Strategic Communications…
The Oyo State Police Command has uncovered a human trafficking syndicate operating in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In the coordinated operation, officers rescued 84 individuals including a child from a residential building in the Orogun area of the city, where they had allegedly been held against their will for an unspecified period. According to…