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Speaking on how the abduction happened, Obiora said, “It happened around 9 pm on Saturday, July 26, 2025, along Zaki Biam–Wukari Expressway. David Obiora, from Anambra State, one of the students of the Nigerian Law School in Yola, Adamawa State, who were recently abducted along the Zaki Biam–Wukari Expressway in Taraba State, has revealed that their abductors have been operating …

One of the problems with assessing President Donald Trump’s legal retribution campaign against his foes is the many things we don’t know. FBI agents seen loading a car after the … We don’t know, for example, what evidence the administration actually has against all these people. The fact that it has now launched investigations into key figures involved in every major probe of Trump …

•Says ADC members will choose presidential candidate Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said he is more interested in a better Nigeria, adding that he is not desperate to be the country’s president. Abubakar said this while speaking at an affirmation ceremony for new defectors into African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Lagos on Saturday. Atiku, who was the guest …

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom in an address to the nation on its independence day. “We need a just peace, a peace where our future will be decided only by us,” he said, adding that Ukraine would fight back against Russia “while its calls for peace are not heard”. He continued: “Ukraine has …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the Nigerian judiciary, saying it has been “deeply compromised” and that corruption among judges has turned courts into “a court of corruption rather than a court of justice.” In his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, Obasanjo laments the steady decline of the Nigerian judiciary’s integrity, warning that justice has become commodified in Nigeria. …

 He was also accused of attempting to cover up for operatives of the state-owned security outfit, Agunechemba, who allegedly brutalised and stripped the corps member naked. A Local Government Inspector of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), identified only as Mr. Anayo, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, has come under intense criticism after describing the brutalisation …

Famine is taking place in Gaza – just a short drive away from hundreds of trucks of aid sitting idly outside its borders. Reuters How did we get here? The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), backed by the United Nations, is the world’s leading hunger monitor. Its assessment that half a million people – a quarter of Palestinians in …

The Japanese government has designated Kisarazu City in Chiba Prefecture as the official hometown for Nigerians. Kisarazu City, Japan The announcement, made during the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), comes with a special visa scheme to attract skilled workers, students, and professionals from Nigeria. For those curious about this unique city, here are 10 quick facts about Kisarazu: 1. A …

Former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has noted that the ongoing security challenges in the country have dragged for so long, and therefore needed to be brought to an end without further delay. “It is really unfortunate that security challenges continue to drag for so long, it has really prolonged for too long. Insurgency has …

The late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, had before now asserted that his stool was superior to that of the Alaafin of Oyo. File photo of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. The late monarch also said that even the Oba of Benin is greater than the prominent Oyo monarch in a viral old video that reminisces …