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The Nigeria Immigration Service has announced plans to introduce a Single Travel Emergency Passport, a new biometric travel document designed to help Nigerians abroad whose passports are expired, lost, or stolen return home securely and verifiably. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Kemi Nanna Nandap, disclosed this during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the Khartoum, Rabat, and Niamey Processes held in Abuja, which Nigeria co-hosted with the Government of France. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, ACI Akinsola Akinlabi, on Wednesday. According to Nandap, the STEP will replace the current Emergency Travel Certificate (ETC) as…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order for the interim forfeiture of a popular entertainer, Pretty Mike’s Victoria Island property, alleged to have been used for drug dealing and storage. Justice Musa Kakaki made the order on Tuesday following an ex parte motion filed and argued by the counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Buhari Abdulahi. The property, located at No. 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, known as Proxy Lagos Night Club, was said to have been used to store 169 cylinders (384.662 kilograms) of nitrous oxide (commonly known as laughing gas)…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has terminated the employment of 115 personnel as part of ongoing reforms within the agency. The Service, in a statement, cautioned the public to avoid any dealings with the dismissed individuals, some of whom are reportedly still posing as DSS operatives. “As part of the ongoing reforms in the Department of State Services (DSS), the public is hereby informed that a total of 115 personnel have been dismissed over a period,” the statement read. The DSS also reiterated earlier warnings concerning individuals, including Barry Donald and Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, who have engaged in fraudulent…

The Federal Government has appointed Dr. John Nwabueze as Nigeria’s inaugural Tax Ombudsman, fulfilling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to establishing an independent institution dedicated to protecting vulnerable taxpayers and promoting equitable tax practices, particularly for small businesses, the announcement was made by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, from the State House in Abuja. The appointment, made under the provisions of the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2025, reflects President Tinubu’s ongoing reforms of the country’s tax and revenue framework. Dr. Nwabueze, from Oshimili South Local Government Area in Delta State, brings…

Twelve northern governors, prominent traditional rulers, and senior judges are at the centre of a looming diplomatic storm as the United States Congress considers a bill that could impose far-reaching sanctions on them over alleged complicity in what American lawmakers describe as a “Christian genocide” and systemic persecution under Nigeria’s sharia and blasphemy laws. This follows the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by President Donald Trump and his instruction to the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to act without delay. On Friday, Trump, in a post on Truth, lamented that thousands of Christians were being killed…

The High Court of Lagos State, sitting in Ikeja and presided over by Hon. Justice Adenike K. Shonubi, has ordered the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Sewedo Folorunsho, who was unlawfully detained for eight years without trial. Delivering judgment on October 22, 2025, Justice Shonubi also awarded ₦500,000 in damages against the Lagos State Commissioner of Police for violating the applicant’s fundamental rights. Folorunsho, represented by the law firm of Monday O. Ubani, SAN & Co., had filed an application to enforce his fundamental human rights after being held without charge since his arrest in 2012 over an alleged…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun an investigation into an allegation made by Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips, who claimed that some of the agency’s operatives extorted ₦10 million from him during his detention in 2024. Oladips, in a recent interview on the Trending podcast, recounted that he was arrested alongside some residents of his estate in Lagos during an EFCC midnight raid in November 2024. The rapper said he spent five days in custody and was later released after allegedly paying ₦10 million to the operatives despite no incriminating evidence being found against him.…

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, said it has apprehended a 25-year-old ex-convict, alongside two other suspects, for various offences in different parts of the state. Spokesperson for the command, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed this in a statement to newsmen in Lagos. She said that operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, apprehended the suspects. Adebisi said that the ex-convict was apprehended five days after his release from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. “The suspect, who was recently released from prison, was apprehended around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday at Oshodi Market, following his suspicious movements. “He was found with N80,000…

Samantha Gow, a former principal lawyer of Gow Group Legal Services in Queensland, was struck from the roll of legal practitioners by the NSW Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Andrew Bell, Justice Christine Adamson, and Justice Richard McHugh. The removal application centred on Gow’s breach of an undertaking to complete a practice management course in March 2016, but the prothonotary of the Supreme Court advanced 27 particulars. This included 2014 convictions for breach of bail and being drunk in a public place, dishonest conduct in 2017 with client money, and Gow’s 2021 convictions for forging and uttering court documents purporting to…

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT and on which Nigerian billionaire Adebayo Ogunlesi serves as a director, is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion—potentially one of the largest IPOs in history. OpenAI could go public by late 2026 According to a report by Reuters citing three people familiar with the matter, OpenAI is exploring regulatory filings as early as the second half of 2026. The company in preliminary talks has considered raising about $60 billion. While there is no guarantee the plan will move forward in that…