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Nigerian police arrest four over kidnap, murder of three Cameroonians

Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have arrested three people linked to the kidnap and murder of three Cameroonians in the state. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesp... Read More


Ex-INEC REC faults Senate on electronic transmission of election, lists dangers

Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- A former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, has warned that the recent Senate's decision to back off on mandatory real-time electronic transmission of ... Read More


Police dismiss three officers for kidnapping, extorting N1.7 million from man at gunpoint

Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The police in Imo State, South-east Nigeria, have dismissed three officers over alleged kidnapping, extorting of N1.7 million and car snatching in the state. The dismissed officer... Read More


ANALYSIS: The price Tinubu would've paid if Fubara had been impeached

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Everyone ought to understand this by now - that the rift between Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the state legislature is not so much about the violation of any law;... Read More


Electricity company reacts as blackout hits South-east

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has explained that the current blackout in Nigeria's south-east is due to a fault on the Mando-Shiroro Transmission line, which ha... Read More


Police arrest motel owner, three others during crackdown on suspected drug dealers

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Nigeria Police Force has arrested four suspected illegal drug dealers during separate crackdown operations in Anambra and Enugu, Nigeria's South-east. Anambra State Tochukwu ... Read More


South-east traders reopen shops after Nnamdi Kanu's cancellation of sit-at-home

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- There was improved turnout of traders on Monday at the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State after Nnamdi Kanu announced "total cancellation" of the infamous Monday sit-at-home in t... Read More


Nnamdi Kanu announces 'total cancellation' of sit-at-home in South-east - IPOB

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says its convicted leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has directed "total cancellation" of sit-at-home across Nigeria's South-east. IPOB spokesper... Read More


Immigration speaks on alleged exclusion of South-east from passport issuance

Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has refuted speculations that it has relocated its Enugu office to Abuja to exclude the South-east from passport issuance in Nigeria. The NIS ... Read More


Gunmen kill community leader, relative

Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- Gunmen have shot dead the President-General of Ogidi Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Ikwuka Okoye. The attackers also killed his yet-to-be identi... Read More