ANNUAL REPORT: POLICE SAVED 1,581 ABDUCTED PERSONS IN 2024 In its annual report, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it had made great strides, including rescuing 1,581 people in 2024. This was said by Kayode Egbetokun, Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), during a year-end meeting with strategic police managers on Tuesday. IGP Egbetokun told the audience at the Force …

WE’RE ATTENTIVE TO CONCERNS OVER TAX REFORM BILLS – SENATE LEADER OPEYEMI Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has assured Nigerians that the Senate is attentive to the concerns raised regarding the Tax Reform Bills. In his Christmas message on Wednesday, Bamidele congratulated Nigerians on the festive season and called for their unwavering support for the nation’s leadership. He urged citizens to …

NIGERIANS SUFFERING BECAUSE WE CHOSE DARKNESS OVER LIGHT — BISHOP KUKAH The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has stated that Nigerians are suffering because they refused to be liberated from “darkness.” The priest said this in his Christmas message at the Holy Family Cathedral Catholic Church, Sokoto Diocese on Tuesday night. He emphasised that embracing transparency, accountability, and …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, SIGNS N791BN BUDGET INTO LAW Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has signed the N971 billion 2025 budget into law. Governor Mbah presented the budget to the State Assembly in November and signed it into law on Tuesday after the assembly passed it. The budget comprises N837.9 billion for capital expenditure, representing 86 per cent of …

MANY FEARED DEAD AS PASSENGER PLANE CARRYING 67 PEOPLE CRASHES ON CHRISTMAS DAY A passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to southern Russia crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, Christmas Day. According to CNN, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the development, saying its teams found the aircraft on fire upon arrival at the scene. “Rescue …

PROTEST ERUPTS IN SYRIA OVER BURNING OF CHRISTMAS TREE Protests have erupted across Syria after masked gunmen set fire to a Christmas tree in Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town near Hama. The incident sparked outrage among religious minorities and raised questions about the security of Christians under the new Islamist leadership. A video shared on social media showed two masked men …

SECURITY OPERATIVES KILLED 32,000 CIVILIANS, EXTORTED N3TRN IN SOUTH EAST – REPORT A civil rights group, the International Society for Civil Rights and Rule of Law, Intersociety has released a damning report against security operatives in Nigeria. The report revealed that security forces and local vigilante groups killed over 32,300 unarmed civilians across the South-East within the past nine years. …

MOST LAWYERS’ DON’T READ JUDGEMENT BEFORE ATTACKING JUDICIARY – WOLE OLANIPEKIN Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun has admonished lawyers to painstakingly read through judgments delivered by the courts before attacking the judiciary. The visiting professor of Law Practice at the Federal University,Oye-Ekiti,(FUOYE) also decried the trend where lawyers go to television and radio houses to run down …

TRANSPORT FARES, FOOD PRICES SOAR AS NIGERIANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS As Nigerian Christians join their counterparts across the world to celebrate this year’s Christmas, the prevailing hardship across the country is taking its toll on many families. The season comes with travelling, cooking of special delicacies, buying clothes for children, subscribing to infrastructure such as Christmas trees and other decorations, buying …

PRESIDENCY HOLDS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP, ECONOMIC REVIEW IN ABUJA In a bid to reposition the country’s economy in the upcoming, Nigeria’s presidency has to organised a very crucial technical workshop and a review of the economy in the outgoing year,. The event had in attendance policy makers, the academia, business world and technocrats. It had as the topic, “Achieving Faster Economic …

WIKE IS A GOOD MAN, I DOFF MY HAT FOR HIM – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for his performance in the nation’s capital since assuming office, saying his quest to make things right was commendable. The president gave the commendation during his first presidential presidential media chat with …

I’LL REJECT ANY LAW OPPOSING NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION – GOV MAKINDE ON MOVES TO ESTABLISH SHARIAH IN OYO Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the Nigerian Constitution, stating that it will take precedence over Shariah court amid plans by a group to establish one in the state. Speaking in a video seen by SaharaReporters on X, …

LAWYERS’ DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE REJECTS AFE BABALOLA’S REQUEST TO DEBAR DELE FAROTIMI The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed a request by Chief Afe Babalola’s law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the law practicing license of lawyer and author Tomilola Farotimi, popularly known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. The petition, submitted by Ola Faro, …

I’VE NEVER LIED AGAINST ANYBODY – FAROTIMI INSISTS ON ALLEGATIONS AGAINST AFE BABALOLA Activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, on Tuesday insisted on the allegations he made against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Afe Babalola, in his controversial book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Farotimi said he has never lied against anybody in his life, stressing that whatever he said …

IFEPED FELICITATES WITH ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, AT CHRISTMAS The Initiative for Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of the Disabled (IFEPED) has felicitated with the Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah on the occasion of this year’s Christmas and New Year celebrations. In a release signed by the President of the group, Ugwu Victor Clifford, and Acting Secretary, Gab …