Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), making history as the second woman to lead the association. She secured 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the total votes cast, to defeat her closest challenger, Lateef Akangbe (SAN),
Ongoing efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking syndicate smuggling tramadol from Togo, through Benin Republic into Nigeria have yielded another success with the interception of two long trailers used to move One Million Six Hundred and Thirty (1,630,000) pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments of the trucks
A professor in the Department of Political Science, Lagos State University (LASU), Sylvester Odion Akhaine, will on July 23, 2026 deliver the 4th Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture in Lagos. The lecture holding at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, from 11am, has the theme: “The Media, INEC, Voters and Path to
Some students of Federal Polytechnic, Monguno, Borno State, have been killed during a failed kidnap attempt by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists Sunday morning. According to a statement by the Nigerian military, the attack occurred at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday when terrorists stormed the Federal Government
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, on Saturday marked his 65th birthday with a thanksgiving service and the launch of a new book in Abuja. Ndukuba used the occasion to urge Nigerian leaders to embrace humility, selfless service and unwavering commitment to humanity
The Niger Police Command says it has arrested a fake Clergyman and his accomplice for criminal conspiracy and child abduction in Minna. This was contained in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Saturday in Minna. Abiodun stated that on July 14, at about 10
Legal practitioner and former presidential aide, Mr Kingsley Kuku, says Nigeria’s greatest security challenge is not terrorism, banditry or kidnapping but the gradual erosion of citizens’ trust in the state’s ability to protect them. Kuku made the assertion on Saturday while delivering a valedictory lecture titled: “The Nigerian State Under
“In President Bola Tinubu, we have another Lee Kuan Yew,” Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma stated this on Friday, praising the President’s bold economic reforms, and expressing confidence that his performance would give him a second term in 2027. Uzodimma made the remarks during a state dinner at the Government
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge an alliance against drug trafficking and piracy. Speaking at a brief ceremony to sign the MoU at the NDLEA headquarters on Friday 17th July 2026, Chairman/Chief Executive