The Nigerian military has inaugurated a general court-martial to try 36 personnel who were alleged to have been involved in a plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The Defense Headquarters inaugurated the court martial on Friday at the Scorpion Mess, Asokoro, Abuja, under heavy security. The session was held behind closed doors…
Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Asake has announced that his fourth studio album titled M$NEY will be released on May 1, 2026. The announcement was made alongside a video showing a marble sculpture of the singer being carved, while details from the rollout confirm that the project is already available for pre-save on Apple Music. The album…
A legal dispute has emerged between Nigerian media personality Roby Ekpo and his ex-wife Mayowa Lambe, following allegations made during a podcast appearance and her recent remarriage. The situation has escalated into a ₦100 million defamation demand. The matter arose after Ekpo appeared on The Honest Bunch podcast, where he made claims about their marriage, including allegations…
The 2025 economic relationship between South Africa and Nigeria has emerged as one of Africa’s most strategically significant partnerships, with bilateral trade topping $2.16 billion despite a headline trade deficit for the Southern African nation. New data released at the end of the 4th edition of the South Africa Week held in Lagos, showed the…
Youths of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Thursday staged a protest against what they described as the alleged political victimisation of the party’s leader, Bukola Saraki, over the 2018 Offa bank robbery incident. The protesters held a rally across major streets of Ilorin before converging at the forecourt of the Emir…
Cordelia Onuwabhagbe, the grieving 56-year-old mother of the late Augusta, allegedly killed by her boyfriend, has told a Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area of the state that she once regarded the defendant, Benjamin Nnayereugo, as a member of her family, but never knew he was capable of murder. While testifying during cross-examination,…
Six defendants on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to a 13-count charge bordering on alleged terrorism and coup plotting before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The defendants were arraigned in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026, with the prosecution led by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), alongside the Director of Public Prosecutions, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN)….
The Federal Government has announced plans to waive debts owed by domestic airlines to aviation agencies as part of measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing Jet A1 fuel crisis. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this during a high-level meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, convened to address the astronomical rise…
he Edo State Police Command has described the recent Lagos-Benin road abduction as an “isolated incident”, assuring travellers that security operatives maintain a firm grasp of the route. The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, gave the assurance during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief “Once in a while,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s removal of Wale Edun as minister of finance and his replacement with Taiwo Oyedele on Tuesday sent mixed signals across different segments of the Nigerian economy. DAILY POST reports that Edun’s sack, alongside his counterpart in Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Muda Dangiwa, was announced by the Secretary to the Government…
