•UK flag The United Kingdom has criminalised the detention of children abroad beyond an agreed period without the appropriate consent, introducing a new offence punishable by up to seven years’ imprisonment. The new provision makes it an offence for a parent or another person connected with a child under the age of 16 to keep […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has shared one of his experiences in the United States, on how he worked as a taxi driver to fund his education in the country – as one of the major reasons for the creation of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). In a post on his X handle today, Tinubu […]
•Tinubu and HURIWA logo The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Senate to examine the constitutional implications of President Bola Tinubu’s continued stay outside Nigeria. The group made the call in a statement signed today by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, following comments by Senate President Go...
•Shettima jets out Vice President Kashim Shettima is expected to join other world leaders in New Delhi, India, for the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit, which is billed for this weekend. The spokesman to the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement, said Nigeria is to use the summit to consolidate bilateral relations with key international [&...
•NIDCOM chairman/CEO, Abike Dabiri-Erewa As tensions escalate in the Middle East following the ongoing #IranWar and #IranIsraelWar, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has released emergency hotline numbers for Nigerians in distress across affected countries. In a notice shared on its official X handle, the Commission urged Nigerians...
•Tinubu jets out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spent 22 days outside Nigeria in January 2026 alone, according to a review of his officially announced foreign trips. Within the period, the president visited France, the United Arabs Emirates and the Republic of Türkiye, reports Daily Trust. The president’s foreign trips have drawn flak from civil ...
•Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde a.k.a. Omo Sexy Veteran actress and filmmaker Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, popularly known as Omo Sexy, opens up in this interview about her remarkable journey through Nollywood’s evolving landscape, from her rise to stardom and battles against industry politics to her near-death surgery, creative rebirth, and life beyond th...
•Nigerian passports The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport, a new biometric travel document designed to help Nigerians abroad whose passports are expired, lost, or stolen return home securely and verifiably. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, disclosed this du...
•Peter Obi It is alarming that we now live in a country of titles and honours without any passion for the people’s plight. While the Presidency basks in the euphoria of titles, St.Lucia, our people are being killed at home. A nation where children cannot go to school because some of the teachers have not […]
•Late Rotji Lazarus A 27-year-old resident of Gwalameji area of Bauchi, Rotji Lazarus, has reportedly been knocked down by a hit-and-run driver along Bauchi–Dass road in Yelwa area, 24 hours before a planned trip abroad after securing a job. Eyewitness accounts said that Lazarus was killed at night by a moving vehicle without headlights, close...

