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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has suspended two of its personnel following a recent incident involving a convicted inmate allegedly attempting to process an international passport while in custody. This is contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), DCC Abubakar Umar, on Saturday in Abuja. “The service wishes to clarify that this misconduct was uncovered a …

CNN — As we approach Day 10 of the Israel-Iran crisis, the focus is on whether diplomacy can succeed and, if not, whether President Donald Trump will make the decision to use US military force to destroy what’s left of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure — particularly the deeply buried enrichment facility known as Fordow. The situation as of Saturday, two days after Trump gave two weeks to test diplomacy, appeared …

No fewer than 50 fake Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, have been arrested at the Makurdi Ultra Modern International Market temporarily housing the displaced victims of the June 13 armed herdsmen attack on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. The Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Mr Aondowase Kunde, made this known over the weekend …

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 44-year-old suspected hired killer and cultist kingpin believed to be terrorising the Mushin area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He stated that the suspect was apprehended at his hideout in Agbado, Ogun State, after several failed attempts …

CNN — They are two men from the outer boroughs of New York – both with the Queens accent to prove it, each with his own distinctive rhythm – born of domineering fathers who chose their careers for them and made them righthand men. They revered their fathers but also saw them as not quite ready to do what it took to …

The Nigerian Correctional Service has started investigation into the circumstances surrounding the movement of a robbery convict, Haruna Ayo, to a passport office in Lagos for processing of travel documents. Saturday PUNCH exclusively gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday, May 19, 2025, when warders from the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Apapa, moved the inmate to the Nigeria Immigration Service …

After weeks of deliberations, the Nigeria National Coalition Group, NNCG, has formally applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, seeking for the registration of a new political party with the name All Democratic Alliance, ADA. The application letter, dated 19th June, 2025, was stamped received by INEC on 20 June, 2025. A copy of the letter, which was signed …

The UK High Court trial finds that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy oil pollution in Nigeria. The High Court has ruled that Shell plc and its former Nigerian subsidiary can be held legally responsible for legacy, or historic, oil pollution which has devastated the environments of two communities in Nigeria. The judgement means that Shell, …

Nigeria has been ranked 7th among the world’s friendliest countries to strangers, according to the UN’s 2025 World Happiness Report. The annual report, produced by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in partnership with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, evaluates 147 countries on self-reported well-being and prosocial behaviours such as donating, volunteering, and helping others. Despite ranking …

… says country taken hostage by monumental corruption The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Friday, said that the latest alleged ‘financial irregularities’ at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) unearthed by the Senate confirmed his position that the Nigeria has become “a crime scene.” His reaction came 48 hours after the Senate Committee …