Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court will on November 20th 2025 decide the date of the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, after the later refused to open his defense as he had on several occasions indicated. Kanu, is being prosecuted by the Department of State Security Service, DSS on a seven count charge, bothering on his alleged involvement in terrorism activities after his re-arrested in Kenya and subsequently extradited to Nigeria in June 2021. The trial judge fixed the date for judgment in the terrorism charge brought by the federal government against the IPOB...

  By Sar Terver The General Manager of the Benue State Urban Development Board, Ternongo Mede, has denied allegations that the recent demolition of a building used by the Ahmed Bola Tinubu (ABT) Support Group for Tinubu 2027 in Makurdi was politically motivated or targeted at loyalists of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Reacting to claims circulating on social media by supporters of Dr. Mathias Terwase Byuan, who alleged that the demolition was an orchestrated attack on a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Mede described the accusations as false and misleading. He explained that the demolished structure, located...

A 38-year-old female officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Abeokuta Unit, and her daughter, Sewa Lasisi and her child in Ogun State police said on Friday in a statement by its spokesperson, CSP CSP Omolola Odutola. The statement said the Command is seeking the assistance of the general public in locating the missing Nigerians. The report was lodged at Kemta Divisional Police Headquarters on Tuesday, 5th November 2025, by a Federal Road Safety Officer serving in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in company of the victims’ family members. According to the report, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun and her daughter left their...

A notorious syndicate of Cameroonian nationals infamous for luring and kidnapping unsuspecting victims under the guise of visa processing has been arrested by police personnel in Ogun State. Spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Command in the State, CSP Omolola Odutola who confirmed this on Friday morning in a statement, identified the male suspect only as Donald. Preliminary investigation by the police in the Command, revealed that the victims’ family members in Cameroon had paid a ransom of 3,600,000 CFA into the Cameroonian bank account of the fleeing suspect. Police operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Eleweran, intercepted Donald after receiving a...

A Press conference convened at the instance of President, Donald Trump ended abruptly on Thursday when an official of the United States slumped at the White House in United States, raising fear of health emergency. Recall that President Trump recently made up his mind to declare Nigeria Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged genocide against Christians. A footage that captured the momen has kept Nigerians talking on social media space in their daily grind, amid President Trump’s threat to deploy military action over alleged genocide claim of killing Christians in Nigeria. A Facebook post by Ikpe-Orlu Orlu Chris who...

The kidnap murder of  Emmanuel Alabi, the junior Seminarian, was among the three hostages – seized by armed gang since July in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, has sparked anger and soul-searching for Civil Rights Advocacy group – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA. Multiple reports say three Seminarians were abducted on July 10, 2025 by gunmen who killed a Civil Defence officer on their way to their farm at Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi. The civic right watchdog Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, ‎National Coordinator of HURIWA) in a statement, wondered why the State and federal...

The Nigeria police Command in Kwara State has announced plans to press charges against two brothers ― Mohammed Shaba and Mahmud Gana involved in hacking the Chief Imam of Sokunkpan Village in Tsaragi, Tsaragi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdullahi Audu to death. Shaba and Gana, according to preliminary investigation by the police mobilized a mob to attack the Cleric at his abode at about 9:30 p.m. on November 4th 2025, following the death of their sick brother, 25-year-old Ibrahim Gana, who was a resident of Sokunkpan Village where he had been on admission at an undisclosed...

Residents of Edo State on Wednesday protested alleged diversion of budgeted funds meant for the proposed Benin Royal Museum by past administration of Godwin Obaseki in Benin City, the State Capital. The peaceful protesters stormed the Edo State Government House, the State House of Assembly and the Oba of Benin palace with placards depicting their agitations in honour of Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin. Various pro-Benin socio cultural and traditional groups, including youths, women and Chiefs, chanted solidarity songs in defence of Edo heritage and its culture. Speaking on behalf of the...

The trial of two terrorism suspects, Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Abubakar Abba, who have been on wanted list , will begin on November 19, 2025. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, will continue the trial of two terrorism suspects. Usman (aka Abu Bara’a) and Abba (aka Isah Adam and Mahmud Al-Nigeri) were captured in a high-risk, intelligence-led, counter-terrorism operation in July by the Department of State Services (DSS), after several months of chasing them. The criminal suspects are believed to be leaders of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, commonly known as ANSARU, Nigeria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate...