The Department of State Services has issued another public warning about a dismissed officer allegedly impersonating the agency to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a post shared on its official X handle, @OfficialDSSNG, yesterday, the secret police identified the suspect as Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, a dismissed staff said to be engaging in ...
•Peter Obi Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said that the current hardship being experienced in the country is mentally affecting Nigerians. Obi, also a former Governor of Anambra State, lamented what he described as troubling and deepening mental health crises in the country, saying...
•German Ambassador to Nigeria, Annett Günther Human rights advocates, legal practitioners, and international partners have urged the federal government to end the death penalty, as over 3,500 inmates remain on death row. The stakeholders made the call during an event marking the 2025 International Day Against the Death Penalty in Abuja, co-org...
•Tinubu and World Bank logo Despite the presidency’s intense rejection of Wednesday’s damning World Bank report that about 139 million Nigerians now live in poverty, stakeholders have expressed concerns about the economic update, highlighting the contradiction that reflects a stark contrast to the much-touted economic growth in the country. Th...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has stated that Nigerians are worse off since the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took over the reins of political power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. The party stated that over 139 million Nigerians are living below the poverty level, as revealed by the World Bank report [&hellip...
•Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu Dozens of Nigerians remain behind bars in Ethiopia as efforts to repatriate them stall, following delays in finalising a crucial Memorandum of Understanding between both countries. The agreement, which would allow convicted Nigerians to serve the remainder of their sentences at hom...
•CAN president, Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned that millions of citizens are still grappling with hunger, insecurity, and joblessness despite ongoing reforms, stressing that true progress must go beyond economic statistics to tangible relief in households across the country. In a statement signed by Archbisho...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has praised Nigerians for what he described as “uncommon patience, endurance, and resilience despite living under suffocating socio-economic and security conditions.” In his Independence Day message to Nigerians, the opposition leader alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administr...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will address the nation at 7 a.m. today, Wednesday to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Day anniversary. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the announcement in a statement yesterday. The president’s address will be broadcast live on electronic media outlets. This will b...
Amid growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence in financial fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to Nigerian investors, urging them to exercise heightened caution against a new wave of AI-generated scams sweeping through the country’s digital space. According to the SEC, the deceptive...

