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  Nigerian cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Linus Williams Ifejirika, popularly known as Blord, has been remanded in Kuje prison for impersonating social media activist and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan. He is remanded for 26 days. Blord  was remanded after his arraignment before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. He was arraigned on a charge with different counts including impersonation and forgery. Sharing the video of how Blord was taken from the court premises to the prison, VeryDarkMan wrote on his Instagram page: “LINUS WILLIAMS IFEJIRIKA A.K.A BLORD have been remanded at the Kuje correctional center. He is remanded for 26 days, meaning he will be spending his Easter in prison. “BLORD was arraigned today 1/4/2026 at the Federal High Court in Abuja on different count charges. As you all know Mr Linus forged flight tickets with my name “Martins Otse” and claimed I was coming to Onitsha to join him in launching his Bl...

  The  Department of State Services (DSS), again, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, took custody of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, moments after proceedings at the Federal High Court in Kaduna. It was gathered that Nasir El-Rufai is  standing trial over alleged corruption, had just concluded a hearing on his bail application filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), when DSS operatives bundled him into a waiting vehicle and drove him away, reportedly heading to Abuja. There was a heavy presence of DSS operatives around the court before the hearing, which had fueled speculation that the former governor might be taken into custody. It was earlier gathered that  El-Rufai had arrived at the court at about 9:05 a.m. in a Hilux van, drawing attention from security personnel and observers. Meanwhile speaking to journalists after the proceedings, lead defence counsel, Oluwole Iyamu (SAN), confirmed that the court had f...

A 21-year-old carpenter, Anthony Alabi, has confessed to murdering a 58-year-old woman, Veronica Olaseni, in her farm in Ondo State. Alabi was arraigned in an Akure Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and theft. The court didn’t take his plea due to lack of jurisdiction. Prosecutor Folashade Adebayo said Alabi committed the crime on March 2, 2026, around 2:30 p.m. in Iboropa-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area. Alabi allegedly strangled Olaseni after she caught him stealing her belongings. The defendant also stole an Infinix phone, a cutlass, and a bank ATM card belonging to the deceased. The charge sheet cites sections of the Ondo State Criminal Code Law. Alabi confessed to the crime, saying he went to Olaseni’s farm to steal cashew nuts but killed her after she recognized him. He also admitted to having intercourse with the corpse, telling the court, “I didn’t want her body to waste.” Police prosecutor, Adebayo therefore, urged the court to remand Alabi pending advi...

Protesters have burned vehicles and buildings allegedly belonging to foreign nationals in protest against the installation of a Nigerian king in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. According to Monday’s report from an online media outlet, Newzroom Africa, “There is escalating violence in KuGompo City, Eastern Cape, where protesters torched foreign-owned vehicles and buildings in response to the controversial coronation of an Igbo traditional leader as local king, organized by the Nigerian community.” The unrest was reportedly triggered by the controversial installation of Nigerian Igbo leader Solomon Ogbonna Eziko as “Igwe Ndigbo” on March 24, 2026, which Eastern Cape authorities deemed disrespectful to local traditions and sovereignty. Eziko is a Nigerian national from the Igbo ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria. He gained public attention in March 2026 after being installed by members of the local Nigerian/Igbo diaspora community in KuGompo (East London area), Eastern Cape province, So...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports suggesting that repentant terrorists and bandits are being recruited into the Nigerian military. The DHQ, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, Brigadier General Yusuf Alli, described as false, some trending reports which claimed repentant terrorists were being mobilized into the military through the back door. “We are not recruiting any killers into the army, and we can never do that,”  General Alli said. He also dismissed fears that repentant terrorists who were de-radicalized and reintegrated into society are now allegedly turning into informants for Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and sabotaging the efforts of the military in the Northeast. According to him, the repentant terrorists can not return to the criminal camp because they will be killed if they do so. “There is no way the repentant terrorists, who are low-risk terrorists, who were conscripted, forced to join the Boko Haram insurg...

The Nigerian Senate has granted approval for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to secure external loans totaling $6 billion. The approval is coming barely four hours after the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, read the letter from the President, seeking the approval. The red chamber of the National Assembly approved the loans after the presentation and consideration of a report by the Senator Aliyu Wamakko-led Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. It was earlier gathered that President Bola Tinubu’s loan request was contained in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio which was read during plenary on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. In  the first letter, Tinubu requested the approval to establish a structured total return swap (TRS) external financing programme of up to $5 billion with First Abu Dhabi Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The President, in the second letter, also asked the Senate to approve a $1 billion UK export finance loan facility arrange...