The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a driver with the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Christopher Ekene Ofielu, for stealing ₦6.9 million, even as it arraigned a businessman, Ajayi Edward Olushola, for an alleged ₦1.07 billion fuel fraud in Lagos. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Monday, October 20, 2025, convicted and sentenced Ofielu, 39, to 18 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, and possession of stolen property brought against him by the EFCC.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned two individuals for alleged involvement in separate fraud cases totaling over N40 million. On Thursday, October 23, 2025, the anti-graft agency arraigned a lawyer, Victor Azubike Awah, before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, over an alleged N27 million land fraud. Awah, alongside his company, Sparkan Ives Limited, is facing a six-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining money by false pretence, using false documents, and issuance of dud cheques.

Professor Abass Aderemi Adedibu, the first Child of the late legendary political godfather and an acclaimed garrison commander of Ibadan Politics, Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu, in an explosive interview with Gbenro Adesina, delivered a fearless verdict on Nigeria’s 2023 elections. He argued that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was “imposed on Nigerians” rather than being genuinely elected, and explained why the country must rethink its political system before 2027.

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Professor Abass Aderemi Adedibu as a member of the Governing Council of the American University of Nigeria (AUN). In an appointment letter personally signed by the founder of the institution, Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa and Nigeria’s Vice President between 1999 and 2007, the appointment was stated to take immediate effect.

The Department of Political Science, Faculty of The Social Sciences, University of Ibadan (UI), has officially announced the death of its immediate past Head of Department (HOD), Professor Aituaje Irene Pogoson, the institution's first female professor of Political Science specialising in International Relations. Her remains has been deposited at a morgue in Ibadan. Professor Irene Pogoson, who delivered UI 545th Inaugural Lecture titled, "The World in Transition: Understanding Power in the International Political System”, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, left behind her husband, Prof.

The 2025 Lt. Col. (Dr.) Tolu Aduroja Memorial Medical Outreach brought smiles, healing, and renewed hope to residents of Ibadan on Friday, October 24, 2025, as more than 167 patients benefited from free medical consultations, surgeries, and medications at the Naomi Medical Centre, Oke Padi, Ibadan. The event, which began at 9:00 a.m. and concluded around 6:30 p.m., was held in memory of the late Lt.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija housemate Tuoyo Ideh, and more than 100 other guests during a midnight raid on Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos. The operation, which took place in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025, followed credible intelligence about an alleged drug party being held at the club.

Fresh outrage has trailed Wednesday’s fatal road accident in Akungba-Akoko, where at least eight people were confirmed dead after a truck loaded with cement rammed into roadside shops near the main gate of Adekunle Ajasin University. The tragic incident, which occurred when the truck reportedly suffered a brake failure while descending from the Ikare axis, sparked anger among students who, by Thursday morning, took to the streets in protest at the university gate.

The Nigerian Police have allegedly assaulted and re-arrested activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, outside the Kuje Magistrate Court shortly after he was granted bail. According to reports by Politics Nigeria, police officers dragged Sowore into a waiting vehicle despite the bail earlier approved by the court. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred moments after Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id granted bail to Sowore and 13 others arrested during the recent #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja.

President Bola Tinubu has announced a major shake-up in the hierarchy of the Nigerian Armed Forces as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s national security architecture. The changes were disclosed in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare. According to the statement, Olufemi Oluyede has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing General Christopher Musa.

A police officer has been arrested after a viral video captured him firing a shot at the vehicle of an unarmed civilian in the Asaba area of Delta State. The incident, which sparked widespread outrage on social media, has drawn condemnation from the Delta State Police Command, prompting the Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, to order an immediate investigation into the officer’s conduct.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its two-week warning strike following what it described as “meaningful engagements” with the Federal Government and appeals from key stakeholders. The union’s National President, Professor Chris Piwuna, announced the suspension during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. He said the decision was reached after an extensive meeting of ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC), which lasted through the night and ended at about 4:00 a.m.

The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, CP Adebowale Lawal, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Enu-Owa Division for alleged unprofessional conduct in handling a recent case involving a social media influencer, Adefolarin Ayomiposi, popularly known as Mandykiss. The action followed a viral video showing Mandykiss recording and taking photographs of suspects in police custody at the Enu-Owa Division, a development that has drawn widespread criticism from the public and rights advocates.

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr. Bernard Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, forwarding his name to the Senate for confirmation. The nomination follows the exit of Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, who was elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in July. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement issued today.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has warned against renewed moves to classify Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) over alleged religious persecution, cautioning that such a move would undermine fragile reconciliation efforts and embolden extremist groups. Speaking on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, in Vatican City at the global launch of the 2025 World Report on Religious Freedom by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Kukah urged foreign governments, particularly the United States, to exercise restraint and support Nigeria’s ongoing internal peace-building initiatives instead of imposing punitive designations.

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has urged the National Assembly to halt all ongoing and future amendments to the 1999 Constitution, insisting that Nigeria needs an entirely new, homegrown constitutional framework that truly reflects the will and diversity of its people. Delivering the 13th Convocation Lecture of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), on Monday, October 20, 2025, titled “Nigeria Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Imperative of a Sober and Definitive Recalibration,” the respected legal icon described the current constitution as a “military albatross” imposed on Nigerians without their consent.

A 36-year-old mother, Gbemisola Akayinode, has been charged with felony murder after allegedly leaving her 9-year-old daughter in a hot car while she went to work in Galena Park, near Houston, Texas, United States of America. She was arrested on Friday, according to law enforcement authorities. Court documents revealed that Akayinode admitted to leaving her daughter inside her car in the gated employee parking lot of USG, a manufacturer of industrial and building materials, during her work shift in July.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government a four-week ultimatum to conclude all ongoing negotiations with unions in the nation’s tertiary institutions or face a nationwide industrial action. The NLC also strongly condemned the government’s no-work, no-pay policy against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as punitive and counterproductive. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made this known during an interactive session with labour correspondents in Abuja following a meeting with leaders of tertiary institution-based unions at the Congress headquarters.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the Door of Return Ceremony in Badagry, Lagos, as a historic beginning of a stupendous event reconnecting Africa with its diaspora. Soyinka, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the fifth edition of the Badagry Door of Return Festival, commended the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and her collaborators for putting the event together.

Operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, in a coordinated operation with INTERPOL NCB The Hague, have successfully recovered two stolen vehicles traced to Nigeria from the Netherlands. The vehicles, a Toyota C-HR (2020 model) and a Toyota RAV4 (2019 model), were located in Lagos and Akwa Ibom States following intelligence-led operations. Investigations revealed that the cars were stolen from Amsterdam and Midden-Nederland before being shipped to Nigeria through the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, arriving at Apapa Port, Lagos, in late 2023.

Police operatives on Monday arrested Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, alongside his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, during a #FreeNnamdiKanu protest in Abuja organised by activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. Ejimakor confirmed the arrest in a post on his X handle, stating that they were detained alongside several other protesters and taken to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command Criminal Investigation Department (CID) located at No.

The Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday criticised one of Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers, Aloy Ejimakor, for participating in a protest in Abuja demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The criticism came as police officers fired tear gas canisters to disperse demonstrators who had gathered in parts of the Federal Capital Territory to press for Kanu’s freedom.

As the world commemorates World Food Day 2025, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for strengthened collaboration among citizens and stakeholders to achieve a hunger-free nation. In her message to mark the day, themed “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future,” Mrs. Tinubu emphasised that food security remains a shared responsibility that demands collective effort and sustainable practices.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has achieved another significant breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on international cybercrime networks, with the conviction of 59 additional foreign nationals linked to a high-profile cybercrime syndicate uncovered in Abuja in November 2024. The latest convictions were secured by the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), bringing the total number of convicted suspects in the case to 85.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following a thorough screening session and voice vote presided over by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Amupitan, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and renowned Professor of Law at the University of Jos, had earlier been nominated for the role by President Bola Tinubu to succeed Professor Mahmood Yakubu.