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The Police Service Commission (PSC) today condemned the extrajudicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi by officers in Delta State. The shooting occurred on April 26 under the Effurun Area Command. This violence breaks both national law and international human rights standards. Nigeria’s Constitution and the Anti-Torture Act specifically forbid such conduct. Officers must protect lives,…
Fresh tensions are building across Nigeria’s university syste as the Federal Government convenes an emergency meeting with non-teaching staff unions in a last-minute effort to prevent a nationwide strike. The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education Conference Hall in Abuja, comes days before a deadline issued by the Senior…
Oil marketers are defying the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority by selling aviation fuel, Jet-A1, at ₦2,230 per litre. This price significantly exceeds the regulator’s suggested band of ₦1,760 to ₦1,988 in Lagos. The gap persists despite recent stakeholder negotiations intended to stabilise the market. Strong demand and an opaque supply chain, dominated…
Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has condemned the systematic diversion of student fees and other financial abuses within Nigerian universities. The anti-graft boss issued this rebuke while addressing the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities in Kano. His investigation reveals a troubling pattern of inflated contracts and ghost workers…
A delicate diplomatic mission is underway in Washington as King Charles III arrived in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit shaped by geopolitical tensions, security concerns, and efforts to stabilise strained transatlantic relations. The British monarch, accompanied by Queen Camilla, landed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, marking his first official…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 748kg of controlled pharmaceutical drugs in Edo State. Agents intercepted a Mercedes-Benz truck along the Benin-Lagos highway that was masquerading as an official Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) vehicle. The shipment, containing over one million capsules and tablets, was en route from Lagos to Onitsha. Two suspects,…
The United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a blunt warning: overstaying a visa damages future travel prospects for all Nigerians. In an advisory posted today, the mission emphasised that immigration officials closely track compliance. When travellers ignore their departure dates or violate entry terms, the consequences ripple outward. Applicants from the same country may…
Ethnic violence has left twenty people dead and four hundred homes razed in Lamurde, Adamawa State. Assailants on motorcycles stormed the communities of Gyakan and Kwah early Saturday morning. Survivors describe a scene of systematic slaughter and arson. These villages now lie in ruins. Security forces arrived more than thirty hours after the first shots…
The 2020 #EndSARS protests, which began as a decentralized call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), encountered its most significant hurdle not in a communication gap, but in the rapid proliferation of disinformation. Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, provided this retrospective analysis during a forum at the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian Guild of Editors have launched a legal offensive against the National Broadcasting Commission. The groups filed suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos on April 24, 2026, challenging the regulator’s authority to police editorial opinion. They argue that the NBC’s recent threats to sanction stations…
