The family of Moses Oddiri, a lawyer from Delta State, has raised alarm over his prolonged detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) after the expiration of a 30-day court-ordered remand. Oddiri, who was arrested in connection with a petition he filed against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola

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The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has approved the nomination of several high-profile individuals, including former presidential aide Reno Omokri, former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former presidential aide Senator Ita Enang, and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, as Nigerian ambassadors. The committee’s decision came after an extensive

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Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a no-case submission filed by Saleh Mamman, the former Minister of Power, in the ongoing ₦33.8 billion corruption case against him. The court ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had established a prima facie case against Mamman, requiring him to open

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If it feels like just yesterday when Sam Nda-Isaiah, the founder of LEADERSHIP newspaper, passed away, it’s because his presence endures in ways that make it feel as though he never left. But if you’re still looking for him in the places where he used to be—at his desk, in his office, or in his

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Nigeria’s former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has opened up about the personal toll his tenure under former President Muhammadu Buhari took on him, particularly during the 2020 #EndSARS protests. In a recent interview ahead of the launch of his book Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined an Administration, Mohammed revealed

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A staff member of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), identified as Isah, has accused the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Khalil Suleiman Halilu, of withholding his salary for seven months and coercing him into signing an undertaking barring him from discussing national issues in public. Isah has also alleged corruption and political

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In Umuchima, the largest of the 14 communities in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, residents are living in constant fear and grief. What was once a vibrant and joyful community has transformed into a place of displacement, loss, and mourning. Since former Governor David Nweze Umahi assumed office in 2015, and continuing in

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Abubakar Idris, a Kaduna-based trader known as Comrade Danhabu, was arrested last week after criticizing Governor Uba Sani on Facebook for allegedly disregarding President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police personnel from VIP protection duties. The Facebook Post Danhabu, a seller of phone accessories, posted a message highlighting that several high-ranking officials under Governor Sani—including

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Former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has admitted that suspending Twitter, now known as X, in Nigeria under the Muhammadu Buhari administration was one of the most difficult decisions of his eight-year tenure. In an interview on Arise News, promoting his new book “Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined an Administration,”

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A journalist based in Awka, Anambra State, Mr. Izunna Okafor, has accused police officers and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operatives stationed at the Anambra State House of Assembly Complex of harassment, intimidation, physical assault, illegal detention, and the seizure of his mobile devices and other personal items during an assignment on Wednesday,

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