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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...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the Nigerian Senate requesting approval to secure a $5 billion loan. The letter was read out to the lawmakers by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The loan, which will be obtained from Abu Dhabi Bank, is to be used for budget deficit and debt financing, among others. In another letter to the Senate, Tinubu is seeking approval to borrow $1 billion UK/EF loan facility from London Citi Bank for the rehabilitation of port projects, including Lagos Port complex and Tin Can port. Akpabio referred the letters to the Senator Aliyu Wammakko-led Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts to carry out legislative actions on the request and report back immediately.

Funke Akindele (left), Toyin Abraham (middle) with Iyabo Ojo  Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has blamed Toyin Abraham for violating her peace condition with Funke Akindele. This is coming two days after Funke Akindele publicly snubbed Toyin Abraham at Iyabo Ojo’s movie premiere. The incident, which happened on Sunday, sparked reactions from netizens, with many calling for Iyabo Ojo’s intervention. However, reacting to the controversy in an Instagram post, Iyabo who claimed to have settled the duo in the past, revealed that the reconciliation’s condition was that  “no one was to shade online if any issue arose”. According to her, they both promised to address issues off camera. While revealing the cause of the incident that occurred on Sunday, Iyabo blamed Toyin Abraham for violating her peace agreement with Funke Akindele. “Unfortunately, Toyin made some complaints about her movie in cinemas claiming some people or person was trying to sabotage her, some fans pointed accusing f...

  Security personnel from the Airport Police Command have apprehended a 14-year-old boy, Eke Miracle, who allegedly tried to enter the restricted aircraft zone at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State. The incident occurred on Monday, March 30, 2026, when airport security personnel discovered the minor on the airport tarmac while allegedly trying to unlawfully gain access beneath an aircraft preparing for operations. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Airport Police Command, ASP Mohammed Adeola, the boy’s actions constituted a serious breach of aviation security protocols within one of Nigeria’s most sensitive operational environments. Adeola explained that preliminary investigations revealed that the juvenile had illegally gained access to a restricted section of the airport without authorisation, an act that violates Sections 2 and 3 of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) byelaws governing safety and acce...