NAPTIP Secures 93 Convictions, Rescues 120 Trafficked Children in 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency secures 93 convictions in 2025 and rescues more than 120 trafficked children, intensifying its crackdown on human trafficking…
Lagos Warns Against Fuel Scooping After Diesel Tanker Falls on Apapa Bridge
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government is warning residents to stay away from fuel spills after a diesel tanker overturns on the Tincan–Liverpool…
FG Opens 2026 PTDF Overseas Scholarships for Nigerian Postgraduates
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Federal Government has opened applications for the 2026 Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Overseas Scholarship Scheme, offering postgraduate students the…
IMF Lifts Nigeria 2026 Growth Forecast on Reform Momentum
LAGOS, Nigeria – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is raising Nigeria’s economic growth forecast to 4.4 per cent in 2026, citing improving macroeconomic conditions…
Christmas Ashes: How Yuletide Fires Turn Lagos Homes and Livelihoods into Rubble
LAGOS, Nigeria – In a city where celebration and catastrophe often collide, the Christmas and New Year fires of 2025 left Lagos counting its…
Police Recover Suspected Human Parts on Lagos–Ibadan Expressway
LAGOS, Nigeria – Police recover suspected human body parts during a stop-and-search operation along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, heightening concerns over ritual-related crimes. Operatives of…
Lagos Police Activate Third Mainland Bridge CCTV Surveillance Centre
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Police Command activates a new CCTV Surveillance Centre to strengthen security across the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos Island…
Makoko Demolitions Could Spark Humanitarian Crisis, Rights Group Warns
LAGOS, Nigeria – A peacebuilding and human rights organisation warns that ongoing demolitions in Lagos’ Makoko waterfront community risk triggering a humanitarian and social…
Lagos Probes Death of Nine-Month-Old Twins Post-Vaccine
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has launched a full investigation, including autopsy, into the deaths of nine-month-old twins, Testimony and Timothy Alozie,…
Nigeria’s $9m Washington Lobbying: What It Means and Why It Matters
LAGOS, Nigeria – When reports emerged that Nigeria had committed about $9 million to lobbying firms in Washington, public reaction was swift. On social…