The Naira appreciated on Thursday against the United States dollar at the official foreign exchange market for the second time this week as the country’s external reserves rose to $43.27 billion. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange data showed that the Naira strengthened on Thursday to N1,436.74 against the dollar, up from N1,438.49 on […] More
The Niger State Police has apprehended a 40-year-old woman, Victoria Ebunoha Chukwumezie, over alleged trafficking of three children at Diko Junction, Suleja local government area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement said on November 5, 2025 at about 5pm, Chukwumeze 40yrs of Nyanya, Abuja was sighted at […] More
Emirates airline has announced that it would resume flights to Nigeria, ending close to two years suspension of operations on the route. This was contained in a statement by the airline’s Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer, Adnan Kazim, on Thursday. “We are excited to resume our services to Nigeria. We thank the Nigerian government […] More
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has postponed the Ekiti State gubernatorial primary earlier scheduled for Saturday, November 8th, 2025. The party said the primary election was postponed due to logistics issues. This was disclosed in a letter signed by the acting National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu. The letter […] More
Senator Seriake Dickson, former Governor of Bayelsa State, has backed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the mass killings and insecurity in Nigeria, describing the remarks as “a necessary wake-up call” for the Nigerian government. In a statement titled “Alleged Genocide: My Stance on President Trump’s Statement,” issued on Thursday, Dickson said Nigeria […] More
Lawmaker representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Senator Seriake Dickson has reacted to the claim of ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria and the subsequent threat by the US President Donald Trump Naijajingles reports that Trump on Friday last week, placed Nigeria on a watch list by naming the nation a Country of Particular Concerns over […] More
A tricycle operator has been crushed to death and two others critically injured in a road accident at Ekoro Junction inward Ile-Iwe, Lagos State, on Wednesday following a multiple-vehicle collision involving a trailer and three other vehicles. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, the crash occurred after a six-tyre trailer, fully loaded […] More
United States President Donald Donald has issued another warning over what he described as an existential threat against Christianity in Nigeria. Trump said the US can’t stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, making it a third time the US President made such a threat. The White House in a post on X […] More
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced one Samuel Asiegbu to three years’ imprisonment without an option of fine for his involvement in an N8.56 billion cyber fraud committed against Wema Bank Nigeria Plc. Asiegbu was charged alongside Hamza Zakaria, Nurudeen Ibrahim, and Alhaji Sulaiman (who remains at large) […] More
Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners and recovered an AK-47 rifle along with over 730 rounds of live ammunition in separate operations in Bena and Dolekaina towns. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi. According to him, the first operation […] More
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has claimed he saw the mass revocation of visas and green cards by the President Donald Trump administration coming. He stated this in an interview published by BBC News Pidgin on Facebook on Wednesday. Recall that Soyinka’s visa was recently revoked by the US. But the respected writer and author […] More
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed a suit filed by Fubara Dagogo and eight other members of the Emeka Beke-led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC. The suit challenged the nomination of candidates for the August 30, 2025, local government elections […] More