The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted 21 children suspected to be victims of trafficking at the Geidam border post in Yobe State. Sani Sule-Jega, the Yobe State Comptroller of the NIS,  made the disclosure while handing over the children to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation on Thursday, January 30, 2025. …

Prof. Usman Yusuf, Ex-NHIS Boss The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Professor Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Head of Media and Publicity for the Commission, Dele Oyewale, confirmed this to Channels Television in a telephone conversation. Professor Yusuf was arrested by EFCC operatives who raided his residence on …

No fewer than five farmers have been shot dead by gunmen at Ajegunle-Powerline community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. Akin Olowolafe, a farmer in the community told reporters on Thursday that five people were killed during the attack which occurred at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Olowolafe said the gunmen entered the farmlands …

The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engeged in a fight during  the party’s  Board of Trustees  (BoT) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. The brawl started after Sunday Ude-Okoye,  a PDP chieftain, was denied access to the meeting hall. Ude-Okoye was blocked by the party’s protocol officers Emmanuel Okoronkwo and others when he made an attempt …

A Max Air plane  conveying not less than 53 passengers has crash-landed at the Mallam Aminu International Airport in Kano. Newsdesk.ng gathered that the aircraft  crash-landed at the Kano airport after suffering a tyre burst on Tuesday night. The aircraft had earlier departed the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos for Kano. The information available indicated that all the passengers onboard …

The United States is set to deport 3,690 Nigerians and thousands of other nationalities. This followed about two million “illegal immigrants” identified by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation from the country. The deportations come as United States President Donald Trump enforces his crackdown on illegal immigrants in the U.S. A document released by the ICE …

In a bid to improve transportation system in Lagos, the Sanwo-Olu-led  Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government to kickstart exploratory work on the 68-kilometer Green Line rail project. The rail line will connect Marina to the Lekki Free Trade Zone, traversing key areas such as Victoria Island, Lekki, and Ajah. The announcement was made …

More facts have emerged about how Access Bank granted an N1 billion loan to DDSS International Company Limited, using a property belonging to MOB Integrated Services as collateral without the owner’s consent. According to details of the loan obtained by investigators, the property, owned by MOB Integrated Services, was first used to guarantee a loan of N193,139,200 to Balmoral International …

A Lagos State High Court judge, Justice Ibironke Harrison, has ordered the arrest of Access Bank’s Group Chief Executive, Bolaji Agbede, Managing Director, Roosevelt Ogbonna, and Company Secretary, Robert Imowo, over an allegation of property theft belonging to Obanikoro’s son. This is contained in a bench warrant issued by Court No. 18 of the High Court of Lagos State with …

Ooni Adeyeye Enitan, The Ooni of Ife The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II on Sunday, made an appeal to the Aare Afe Babalola, the founder of the Afe Babalola university, to forgive the human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi and withdraw the ongoing criminal case instituted against him. The information was made available by Otunba Moses …