The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed criminal defamation charges against Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi over alleged defamatory statements made against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District. The five-count charge, marked CR/547/2025, was filed before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, by Mohamed Babadoko Abubakar, Director of the Department of

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have rescued a two-year-old boy who was kidnapped in the Sabon Pegi area of Lafia Local Government Area, following a coordinated operation that led to the arrest of three suspects. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Shetima Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday during a press briefing at

The Federal Government of Nigeria has secretly secured a restraining order against human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, and others planning the October 20, 2025, #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest. This comes after the court initially refused to grant its ex parte request. SaharaReporters earlier reported that Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court 5,

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has ruled in favour of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in a case against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  The court’s decision, delivered on Friday, October 17, 2025, by Banjoko JCA presided and others, declared that SDP’s Acting National Chairman, Dr. Sadiq Umar Abubakar Gombe, and National Secretary,

A human rights organisation under the umbrella of Journalists for Defence of Human Rights (JDHR) has strongly condemned the killing of Oghenekaro Ugochukwu Bonny, popularly known as ‘UGO’, in Delta State. According to reports, Ugo, who was visiting a friend along with two relatives last Sunday, was reportedly murdered at Delta Marine Logistics and Technical