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Rhodes-Vivour alleges assault, illegal detention during Lagos demolition exercise

Nigeria, Jan. 17 -- The former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has accused operatives enforcing a demolition exercise in the state of assaulting residents, u... Read More


Alleged $4.5bn fraud: Lawyer alleges EFCC pressured co-defendant to implicate Emefiele

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The lawyer for Henry Omoile, second defendant in the ongoing $4.5 billion fraud trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, accused the Eco... Read More


Armed Forces Remembrance Day: DPPF Oyedepo vows to pursue justice for killed soldiers

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF), Rotimi Oyedepo, has pledged to pursue justice relentlessly for members of Nigeria's Armed Forces killed in the line of... Read More


Makoko residents, civil society protest Lagos demolitions, allege deaths, rights violations

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Civil society organisations and residents of Makoko, a densely populated waterfront community beneath the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, staged a protest on Thursday at the ... Read More


Capital Gardens apologises as Lagos court ends Hampton Island land dispute

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Capital Gardens Limited, owned by businessman Kennedy Okonkwo, has issued a public apology to Adewale Oladapo and Oretol Nigeria Limited over false publications arising from a lega... Read More


NJC recommends Oyewole for Supreme Court bench, approves 35 others for judicial positions (FULL LIST)

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, Joseph Oyewole, for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court ... Read More


NJC clears Osun Chief Judge, reverses suspension of Court of Appeal Judge

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- The National Judicial Council (NJC) has cleared the Chief Judge of Osun State, Oyebola Ojo, of all allegations of financial impropriety and judicial misconduct levelled against her... Read More


EFCC witness details how alleged scam kingpin ran crypto-romance fraud linked to 792 arrests

Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- A prosecution witness on Wednesday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how Friday Audu allegedly coordinated a massive international cryptocurrency and romance sca... Read More


Six worshippers killed in Lagos as truck rams into the Redeemed church

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- Six worshippers were killed and several others injured on Monday night when a truck loaded with sharp sand crashed into the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) branch along Hos... Read More


Waterfront community, Makoko residents protest demolition of homes in Lagos

Nigeria, Jan. 13 -- Residents of Makoko, a densely populated waterfront community along the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, on Tuesday, protested the demolition of their homes, which began about three... Read More