Seven suspects remanded in prison over abduction, murder of UNICAL professor
The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has ordered the remand of seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping and death of Professor Ekanem Phillip Ephraim and other alleged criminal…
Report: How Epstein, ex-Israeli PM tried to profit from Nigeria’s security challenges
A bombshell investigation by Drop Site News (DSN) has revealed that the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak collaborated for over a decade to…
E-transmission of poll results can’t replace manual, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the Electoral Act Amendment) 2026, saying in Nigeria, electronic transmission of election results is merely supportive and not a replacement for manual transmission.…
FG seals Plateau mining site after 37 die from toxic gas exposure
The federal government has sealed a mining site in Zurak, Wase LGA of Plateau after a tragic gas poisoning incident that claimed at least 37 lives and hospitalised 26 on…
Tinubu asks Germany for used helicopters to boost security
President Bola Tinubu has requested for the supply of used helicopters from Germany to help in intelligence reconnaissance in the Sahel. Tinubu spoke to Friedrich Merz, German chancellor, in a…
Tinubu orders NNPC to remit oil revenues directly to Federation Account
In a decisive move to reclaim Nigeria’s oil wealth, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an executive order compelling Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to remit oil and gas revenues…
ICPC detains El-Rufai after EFCC release
The former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, was, on Wednesday, released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He was, however, reportedly taken into custody by the operatives…
Former UBA Chairman, Chief Israel Ogbue dies at 99
The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc announce with deep sorrow the passing of Chief Israel C. Ogbue, former Chairman of the…
N328.5bn billing: How political patronage built Lagos’ agbero shadow tax empire, by Blaise Udunze
Lagos prides itself as Africa’s commercial nerve centre. It markets innovation, fintech unicorns, rail lines, blue-water ferries, and billion-dollar real estate. Though with the glittering skyline and megacity ambition…
Biodun Jeyifo, the literati and ASUU, by Jeff Godwin Doki
‘Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated’. In these words, Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869), that French author, poet, statesman and critic, once captured the…
