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The Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned former Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, and her co-defendant, Gloria Odita, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on multiple counts bordering on alleged fraud, obtaining by false pretence, and criminal breach of trust, Very Nigerian reports. According to the charge sheet presented before Justice Hamza Muazu, the defendants were …

There was anger on the floor of the Senate Wednesday as Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) led many other lawmakers in protesting against what they described as uneven implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s directive for withdrawal of police orderlies from Very Important Persons, VIPs, in the country. This was even as they sought for exemption of lawmakers from the …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said Nigeria has secured 860 terrorism-related convictions and recorded 891 acquittals between 2017 and 2025, underscoring the government’s commitment to due process in the prosecution of extremist-related offences. Fagbemi disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with judiciary correspondents after a closed-door meeting with a visiting United …

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on Tuesday criticised the large number of armed security personnel that he saw accompanying Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu. Mr Soyinka spoke in Lagos while presenting an honourary award to Odia Ofeimun, the famous poet and activist who was honoured by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. Mr Soyinka mocked the situation …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) for alleged terrorism financing. The ex-Minister is also to explain issues relating to money laundering, especially operation of suspicious accounts. Malami has been asked to account for his investment of about N10billion in Kebbi State, whereabouts of $322million …

Security operatives have rescued 21 underage children, aged between 6 and 17, from what is believed to be a covert recruitment attempt for banditry training in the Yagba East local government area of Kogi State. Several suspects connected to the trafficking operation have been arrested. These individuals claimed they were transporting the children to establish an informal “Islamic school” in …

Controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has again stirred public outrage after insisting that the abduction of schoolchildren by armed groups remains a “lesser evil” compared to the killing of Nigerian soldiers, even as he condemned both acts as unacceptable. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Gumi said while kidnapping is an “evil,” it is not as grave as …

The Igbo intelligentsia, operating under the umbrella of Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), has called for immediate international intervention in Nigeria, particularly from the United States, citing an imminent threat of national collapse reminiscent of the political crises that preceded the civil war and the 1966 pogroms against the Igbo. In a communique signed by ILT President Professor Elochukwu Amucheazi …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is set to announce his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), sources close to the government house have revealed to THE WHISTLER. The move comes after Fubara ended the protracted rift between him and his estranged political godfather and predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is the Minister …

France helped the authorities in Benin thwart a coup attempt at the weekend, an aide to President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, revealing a French role in a regional effort that foiled the latest bid to stage a putsch in West Africa. Macron led a “coordination effort” by speaking with key regional leaders, the aide, asking not to be named, …