Nigeria on Wednesday moved closer than ever to establishing a state police force after the Senate passed the controversial Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to decentralise policing, shifting the battle for the landmark reform to the 36 state Houses of Assembly where at least 24 legislatures must endorse the proposal before it can become law.
Foremost constitutional lawyer and human rights crusader, Professor Mike Ozekhome, has been relieved of the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. Ozekhome, a professor of law, was suspended from the SAN rank by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC at its 173rd General Meeting.
A United States-based Nigerian social worker, Akeatha Diane Akintola, has been sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for stealing more than $17,000 in Social Security benefits meant for a disabled child placed under her care in Washington State.
The leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party escalated on Wednesday as two rival factions separately presented certificates of return and nomination documents to their candidates for the 2027 general elections. Each of the factions insisted that it was the party’s legitimate leadership and expressed confidence that the Independent National Electoral Commission would recognise its nominees.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered and dismantled an industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in a forest at Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerians linked to the operation.
The Federal Government yesterday directed financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions to maintain full compliance with sanctions obligations by freezing the assets of terrorists financiers. The directive came against the backdrop of sanctions imposed on a Nigerian financier of ISIS, along with his three Bureaux De Change in Lagos and Kano, by the US government
A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien, to death by hanging, following their conviction on charges of terrorism and arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf Muhamma, a Nigeriene, Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, and Kabiru Muhammad were apprehended on 13th June, 2025, by the Department of State Services Counter-Terrorism Unit in connection with cross-border crimes, arms trafficking and terrorism.
A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has welcomed the Nigerian Senate’s passage of the Constitution Alteration Bill seeking to establish state police, saying the reform would help states better protect citizens, particularly persecuted Christians. Moore, who represents West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, made the remarks in a post on his X handle on Wednesday.
The Imo State Police Command has identified six police officers captured in a viral video allegedly assaulting a young man in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state and has commenced disciplinary procedures against them. The incident, which occurred at Nduhobokwe, Uzoagba community, on Monday, gained public attention after a video of the assault circulated on social media.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday swore in four newly elected senators following their victories in the recent by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The lawmakers are Ikeje Asogwa, representing Enugu North Senatorial District; Olaka Nwogu, representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District; Dayo Faduyile, representing Ondo South Senatorial District; and Danladi Envulu-Anza, representing Nasarawa North Senatorial District.
