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EXCLUSIVE: FG panel nails Uche Nnaji, confirms ex-minister forged UNN certificate

Nigeria, March 6 -- The immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, indeed forged his University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) degree certificate, an investigative panel set u... Read More


Nigerian troops dismantle IPOB's bomb-making factory, hideouts

Nigeria, March 5 -- The Nigerian Army says its troops have dismantled a bomb fabrication site belonging to suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed militant w... Read More


Forgery: Lawyer blasts Nigerian govt for failing to prosecute ex-minister Uche Nnaji

Nigeria, March 4 -- A lawyer, Liborous Oshoma, has criticised the Nigerian government for failing to prosecute a former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, over a certificate f... Read More


Anambra demolishes jailed native doctor's shrine

Nigeria, March 3 -- The Anambra State Government has demolished a shrine belonging to the jailed native doctor in Oba, a community in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. PREMIUM TIMES e... Read More


Court sentences native doctor to 12 years imprisonment

Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- A State High Court in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a popular native doctor in the state, Chukwudozie Nwangwu, to 12 years imprisonment. Mr Nwangwu, popularly known as "Akwa ... Read More


Nigerian troops engage IPOB fighters in intense battle, kill one - Official

Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- The Nigerian Army says troops have killed a suspected member of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and arrested two others during a battle in a hideout belonging to th... Read More


Edo govt reacts to attack on Peter Obi, other ADC leaders

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Edo State Government has refuted allegations that government officials were responsible for the attack by hoodlums on the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter O... Read More


Police arrest Nigerian woman, son for traditional religious practices - Amnesty

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the alleged unlawful persecution and harassment of a blind Nigerian man, Joseph Ottih, and his family over their traditional religious p... Read More


How fraudster posing as BDC operator defrauded Nigerians of N369.3 million - EFCC

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested a suspected serial fraudster, Callistus Okeke, for allegedly defrauding two Nigerians of N369.... Read More


Peter Obi, Oyegun escape attack as gunmen invade ADC rally in Edo

Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi and a top figure of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), John Oyegun, on Tuesday escaped an attack by hoodlums in Ben... Read More