A few days ago, Nigeria’s former ambassador to Namibia, Lillian Onoh, published an opinion piece titled “U.S. Visa ban on corrupt Nigerian officials: Sowore shot himself in the foot” on the ongoing corruption saga engulfing Nyesom Wike, the embattled Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Wike has been repeatedly exposed by Nigerian rights activists and […]

At least 10 members of local vigilante groups, including forest guards, have been killed, and five others abducted after terrorists suspected to be armed bandits launched an attack on Oke-Ode community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Residents said the assailants stormed the agrarian town in large numbers in the early hours of

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly condemned the abduction of lawyer Onyesom Peace Udoka and her sister along the Lokoja-Okene highway in Kogi State. SaharaReporters reported on Saturday that the incident occurred while the two were returning from Udoka’s recent Call to Bar ceremony in Abuja. The abduction took place on Friday, September 27,

In the early hours of September 20, 2025, tragedy struck for Phina Unachukwu Ezeagwu, a lecturer and environmentalist.  Her sister, Charity Unachukwu, was rushed to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, after a devastating car accident. What unfolded was a heartbreaking ordeal that ended with Charity’s death. In a Facebook post on Friday, she

The Take It Back (TIB) Movement has condemned the mass dismissal of workers at the Dangote Refinery, which occurred less than 24 hours after they joined the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon, on Sunday, the movement described the sacking as

A former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri branch, Barrister Chinedu Agu, has accused the Imo State Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, of masterminding his ongoing prosecution on allegations of criminal defamation and incitement. Agu, who was arrested and detained by the police in September, said the charges stem from his critical writings