NDLEA working with US-DEA, UK-NCA over 1,000kg cocaine recovered at Lagos port
November 11, 2025 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is working with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) to unravel…
5 drug kingpins bag 21 years imprisonment over Gabon, Australia-bound cocaine, opioids
November 7, 2015 …Forfeit cash, luxury vehicles to Federal Government Five members of some international organised criminal groups (IOCG) recently arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
World’s oldest married couple ever share their sweet love story 83 years after
November 5, 2025 An American couple who met over 80 years ago have officially broken records with their love story. Lyle and Eleanor Gittens (USA) were students at Clark Atlanta…
FATF: Nigeria, South Africa removed from global financial crime watch list
October 24, 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, have been removed from a global watchdog’s list of countries subject to increased monitoring for illicit money flows. The…
Italian appeals court upholds conviction for Milan prosecutors in Eni Nigeria case
October 16, 2025 An Italian appeals court on Thursday upheld an eight-month prison sentence for two Milan prosecutors for failing to file documents that would have supported energy group Eni’s…
US declines to sign World Bank directors’ joint statement on climate agenda
October 9, 2025 Nineteen of the World Bank’s 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank’s continued work on climate change, defying the…
Mass sack at Dangote Refinery over sabotage, safety concerns
Sept. 26, 2025 Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has dismissed several members of staff in a major reorganisation exercise, following reported cases of sabotage in different refinery units that raised…
Brazil’s Petrobras imminent return to Nigeria excites Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Monday welcomed Petrobras’s imminent return to Nigeria, five years after Brazil’s state-owned oil company halted its joint venture operations. At a joint press conference in Brasília…
GWR: Nigerian broadcaster keeps radio talk show going for over 4 days to break record
August 20, 2025 A Nigerian radio host celebrated 20 years in broadcasting in record-breaking style. George Iniabasi Essien, known to his listeners as “Mighty George”, claimed the record for longest…
GWRs: Nigerian fashion designer claims title for longest sleeves on a garment
Aug. 19, 2025 Nigeria’s Samuel Chinecherem Ezeh, a fashion designer has claimed a world record by creating a show-stopping robe with 50-metre sleeves. According to Guinness world records ina state,…