A Nigerian woman has arrived home in Lagos after being rescued from a cycle of labor exploitation and human trafficking in Egypt. Forty-one-year-old Busola Victoria Alale returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after an anonymous philanthropist stepped in to pay for her repatriation. Her case...
Nigerian narcotics agents have intercepted a significant shipment of Captagon—a potent amphetamine often dubbed the “terrorist’s drug”—marking a rare and worrying appearance of the substance in West Africa. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) confirmed on Sunday...
The Nigerian government has announced the death of Ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Lele, a veteran diplomat who had recently been appointed to lead the country’s mission in Algeria. Ambassador Lele passed away in the early hours of 19 April in Ankara, Türkiye, following a long illness. Until...
Nigeria’s national examination body has issued a stern warning against the circulation of fraudulent result slips after a social media post claiming a record-breaking score went viral. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday dismissed a widely shared document that...
A prominent support group for Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has accused opposition leaders of attempting to “delegitimise” the nation’s electoral body ahead of the 2027 polls. The Tinubu Stakeholders Forum (TSF) issued a strongly worded statement on Friday, dismissing...
