The Chinese government has warned the United States against any form of external interference in Nigeria’s domestic affairs. The warning comes after United States President Donald Trump threatened military action in Nigeria over an alleged persecution of Christians. Speaking at a...
A Nigerian postgraduate student in the United Kingdom, Chiemka Okoronta, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the horrifying rape of a 17-year-old girl in Bradford. The sequence of events began on March 25 when Okoronta and the...
The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) has offered free legal representation to 5,595 detainees as part of its efforts to improve access to justice in Nigeria. PPDC’s Chief Executive Officer, Lucy Abagi, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during...
Oil prices fell over 1% on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, as OPEC+'s decision to suspend output hikes in the first quarter of 2026 alongside a stronger dollar weighed on the market. Brent crude futures fell 82 cents, or around 1.3%,...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a five-man syndicate accused of kidnapping, extortion, and theft along the Zaria–Kano expressway. The suspects — Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, Umar Fulani, Aliyu Mohammed, Murtala Salisu, and Imrana Hassan — were...
Nigeria and Hungary have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in water management, innovation, and climate resilience. The agreement, sealed between the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Nigeria’s National Water Resources Institute (NWRI), Kaduna, was...
The Imo State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the assault of a 55-year-old woman, Ndididamaka Agu, by a group of men at Emekuku, near Owerri, the state capital. The command’s spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has threatened to close the defence of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, over his failure to defend the alleged terrorism charges against him. The presiding...
The Vatican, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, said Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation. In a new decree approved by Pope Leo, the Vatican's...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to hold back federal funds to New York City if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Trump made the threat after he endorsed former New York...