Month: November 2025

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the ₦100 billion lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and six others over a dispute concerning the issuance of fuel import licences. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling delivered on Wednesday, dismissed the case after counsel to Dangote Refinery, C. O. Adegbe, applied to withdraw the suit. Lawyers representing the defendants […]

The Chairman of the Oyo State Real Properties Protection Law Agency Task Force Unit, Justice Olajumoke Aiki (retd.), has clarified that the agency does not adjudicate on land disputes but is mandated to conduct thorough investigations into land and property-related offences. Justice Aiki made the clarification while appearing on a television programme in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information, […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a final opportunity to the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial. Justice James Omotosho, presiding over the matter, said it was his duty to guide the defendant, who is not a lawyer, and to ensure he is given enough time to present his defence. “We had adjourned […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has issued a public warning about the circulation of illicit drugs falsely marketed as medicinal cannabis in parts of Lagos State. The agency said credible intelligence led to the arrest of a 28-year-old suspect, identified as Afeez Salisu (a.k.a. Malu), on November 1, 2025, at 2 Akala Street, Idi Oro, Mushin, where he was allegedly packaging and distributing synthetic and high-potency cannabis strains […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP), a new biometric document designed to assist Nigerians abroad whose passports have expired, been lost, or stolen to return home safely and securely. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, made this known during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the Khartoum, Rabat, and Niamey Processes held in Abuja, which Nigeria co-hosted with the Government […]

The four in-house unions of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, have commenced a two-week warning strike effective November 3, following the state government’s failure to address their long-standing grievances. The decision was announced in a statement jointly signed by Dr. Murtala Abdullahi, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), UMYU chapter, on behalf of the four unions — ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National […]

ABUJA — The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday convened a high-level security meeting with the nation’s service chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies in Abuja. The meeting followed reports of an impending U.S. military action against Nigeria over allegations of large-scale attacks on Christian communities in parts of the country. The closed-door session, which took place at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), was aimed at assessing […]