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United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York has filed a $57 million federal lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, and the DCI Group, alleging defamation and a conspiracy to kidnap and physically harm its founder, Dr. Von Batten. In a statement issued on Monday, the firm announced that the complaint was lodged on September 28, 2026, at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. “Announcement: On Monday, September 28, we filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, and DCI Group for defamation and an alleged conspiracy to kidnap a...

The United States Government has commenced proceedings to revoke the citizenship of two Nigerian nationals and 38 other individuals accused of serious offences as part of the Donald Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. The United States Department of Justice made the announcement in a statement on Monday, October 5, 2026. Filed between August 21 and October 2, 2026, these complaints represent the largest volume of complaints submitted in a single period under the Trump administration. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a naturalized U.S. citizen’s citizenship may be revoked, and certificate of naturalization canceled, if the naturalization was illegally procured or procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation. Accordi...

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has knocked Nigerians blaming the agency for the circulation of fake food products in the market. In recent times, Nigerians have complained over the alarming rate of fake food products in circulation. Over the weekend, actress Ruth Kadiri raised alarm after purchasing ‘fake ginger.” NigerianTravel Guide In a recent interview with Businessday, Professor Adeyeye said Nigerians are ignorant and fail to read up the mandate of NAFDAC. According to her, regulation of fresh food products is not within the powers of NAFDAC but the Ministry of Agriculture. According to Professor Adeyeye, NAFDAC only regulates processed and semi-processed food items. ...

President Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning over the Ondo military aircraft crash thatoccured on Monday, October 5. The President has also ordered that flags should be flown at half-mast throughout the country as a mark of respect to the officers and others onboard the illfated flight. In a statement released, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said President Tinubu “extends his deepest condolences to the family of the 25 passengers and seven crew members involved, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and all officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force.” “This is a painful moment for our Armed Forces and for the entire nation. Our Air Force personnel put their lives on the line every day to secure Nigeria. Their sacrifice will ...

The Federal Government is working to review upward the monthly pensions of Nigerian police officers. The Acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Police Force Pension, Muhammad Dutse, disclosed this at an event on Monday. According to him, the Federal Government is working to ensure that police officers battling insecurity have a decent pension upon retirement. He appealed to police officers to exercise patience with the Tinubu administration. We have been working to ensure that the pay, the income pay of retirees is improved. “So I would not want to disclose the entirety of the arrangement because it’s a Presidential Committee that is working on it, set up by the President himself, and that is why we firmly believe that this initiative is going to yield positive results ...

The Trump administration is monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague death that has caused panic in Russia and led to hundreds of people being placed under quarantine, according to reports. Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, Irkutsk, was reportedly exposed to live Yersinia pestis bacteria when she accidentally broke a test tube containing the pathogen while collecting samples. She is understood to have been hospitalized on 29 September with severe pneumonia of “unknown origin” and placed on a ventilator, but died two days later. The Trump administration “is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options,” an official told Axios. Authorities additionally quarantined an entire hospital and placed sco...

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the murd£r of the former zonal women leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi South, Mrs. Jemimah Dutse.  Dutse was found dead with her throat allegedly sl!t inside her home at Muazu New Layout, Yelwa area of Bauchi metropolis.  Confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, October 4, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bauchi State Command, SP Nafiu Habib, said the Command had commenced investigation into the incident.  SP Habib said that a 49-year-old resident of Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, reported the incident to the ‘E’ Division of the Command on October 3, 2026. “Upon receipt of the report, detectives attached to ‘E’ Division promptly visited the scene, documented it, an...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed ownership of the aircraft that crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State earlier today, October 5. NAF director of public relations and information, Ehimen Ejodame, said the aircraft was on a “routine mission” when it crashed. The air force spokesperson said a rescue operation is underway, adding that the plane was heading to Lagos from Benin, Edo state. “The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has activated an immediate Search and Rescue operation following an ATR-42 aircraft accident in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on 5 October 2026. The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred. Search and Rescue operations, in coordination with relevant authorities and emergency response agencies, are currently ongo...

A Magistrate Court in Imo State, presided over by Chief Magistrate C.J. Nkwoada, s haa sentenced Rose Okon to six months in prison for inflicting grievous harm on her 14-year-old niece, whom she was caring for. In its ruling, the court stated that the convict could pay a fine of N50,000 instead of serving the six-month prison term.  Rose Okon pleaded guilty when she was arraigned by the police on a charge of assault. The charge sheet read: “that you Rose Okon F, on the 19th of September at 1800 hrs at Umuneke, Ngor Okpala in the Ngor Okpala Magisterial district did assault one Favour Emmanuel, 14 years by pouring hot water on her head and body, which caused her grievous harm and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 355 of the Criminal Code ...