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'Release Nnamdi Kanu or return him to Kenya', Traditional ruler tells Tinubu

Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A traditional ruler from Nigeria's South-east has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu from prison or deport him to Kenya, from where he was renditioned to Nigeria. ... Read More


Gov Otti offers support for victims as 15 travellers die in Enugu road crash

Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has promised to offer support to victims of a road accident along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway in Enugu State. In a statement on Monday by his ... Read More


Apprentice allegedly kills mentor in Anambra

Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- A 21-year-old apprentice has allegedly killed his mentor in Anambra State after attacking him with a pestle. The apprentice, Chiemerie Anieke, was said to have struck the man, Ike... Read More


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