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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 […]

President Bola Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to approve a new ₦1.15 trillion loan from the domestic market to help cover part of the deficit in the 2025 national budget. The request, contained in a letter from the President and read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary, stated that the borrowing is intended to bridge the fiscal gap and ensure the smooth implementation of key government programmes […]

A 29-year-old Nigerian postgraduate student, Chiemka Okoronta, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United Kingdom for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl after offering to share a taxi with her in Leeds. The court heard that the incident occurred after the teenager’s night bus ended its route unexpectedly, leaving her stranded with little money and a dead phone battery. Okoronta offered to help but later took advantage […]

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Chioma Success Ezebie, for allegedly faking her own kidnapping and collecting a ₦5 million ransom from her husband. According to the police, Chioma reportedly staged her abduction alongside her three-year-old son on October 27, 2025, and arranged for one Martins Chidozie, 23, to call her husband, Paul Adaniken, claiming that she and the child had been kidnapped. Worried […]