Thursday, October 8, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

December 16, 2025

Pregnant woman tortured, relatives used as hostages, survivor lost father, unborn baby to police brutality: CAPTI Report

Ms Anyanwu’s case is one of alleged police brutality and extrajudicial killings. She eventually lost the pregnancy while her father died in custody, five days after his arrest.

December 15, 2025

Supreme Court confirms Tinubu’s power to sack governors, suspend democracy in any state

The apex court held that the president has the power to declare a state of emergency in any state, provided his decision is within the law.

President Bola Tinubu
December 15, 2025

FBI arrests Nigerian Damilola Bamigboye for kidnapping immigration officer to avoid deportation

The FBI charged Damilola Bamigboye to court for resisting arrest and abducting an agent of the Department of Homeland Security Investigations.

Damilola Bamigboye, FBI agents
December 13, 2025

FCCPC investigates alleged exploitative airfares on South-East South-South routes

The commission said it would apply appropriate enforcement measures where evidence showed any violation of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act.

December 11, 2025

Ghana deports three Israeli nationals over “ill-treatment” of delegates

Four of the seven Ghanaians were delegates scheduled to attend an ongoing cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv.

Ghana president and Irseali PM
December 10, 2025

ECOWAS to scrap regional air taxes, paving way for cheaper flights from 2026

ECOWAS announced that the policy was adopted in December 2024 but finalised modalities for its implementation for January 2026.

Activities at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja (Credit: NAN)
December 10, 2025

Honduras issues fresh arrest warrant for ex-President Hernández after Trump’s pardon

Mr Hernández was facing corruption charges in Honduras, where prosecutors claimed he received millions of dollars in drug-trafficking kickbacks.

President Donald Trump and former President Juan Orlando Hernández
December 5, 2025

FBI accuses Forbes-celebrated Nigerian tech boss, Izunna Okonkwo, of $41 million bank fraud, money laundering

The Nigerian entrepreneur, 30, is the latest suspected fraudster to face criminal charges in the United States.

Izunna Okonkwo and FBI
November 24, 2025

UK declines to deport Ike Ekweremadu jailed for organ harvesting, calls Tinubu’s govt untrustworthy to enforce sentence

Mr Ekweremadu was sentenced for luring a Nigerian trader to the UK to harvest his kidney for his sick daughter.

Ekweremadu
November 24, 2025

Nigerian student Uche Okirie stabbed to death by neighbour in UK

The police in Norfolk deemed the incident a murder and swiftly arrested Congolese suspect Benjamin Katheba, who was charged to court on Monday.

Uche Okirie