Fresh concerns have been raised over the continued detention of Professor Arthur Ekpekpo of Delta State University by the Nigerian Army. Concerned community sources who spoke to SaharaReporters alleged that the academic had remained in military custody without being charged to court, despite multiple panels of inquiry reportedly failing to indict him.

The Abia State Police Command has debunked reports of an alleged bomb or explosive discovery in Aba. Tension had erupted in Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State, after church members of the United Evangelical Church, Ehere/Umuola, discovered a large metal object suspected to be a bomb while digging for a new perimeter fence.

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), alongside his son, Abdulaziz Abubakar Malami, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations bordering on terrorism financing, aiding and abetting terrorism, and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.

Investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has revealed the identity of two highly connected Nigerians who allegedly posed as the Dubai Prince and the prince’s financial manager to scam a Romanian woman of more than $2.5 million.

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has hit out at former Rivers State governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his comments on the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Makinde described Wike’s claim of having an interest in the Oyo PDP as laughable, insisting that the

Residents of Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State raised the alarm over what they described as the alleged grabbing and sale of a government-owned primary school by a member of the Ajegunle royal family.

French prosecutors have raided the Paris offices of social media platform X and summoned its owner, billionaire Elon Musk, for questioning as part of a widening investigation into alleged cybercrime linked to the platform’s operations. Prosecutors said the search was being conducted by multiple law enforcement bodies.

Youths in Bayelsa State on Tuesday stormed a police station in a heated protest, demanding justice for the late Patrick Peresuodei, who reportedly died days after his release from police custody amid allegations of torture and abuse of power.

The Magistrates’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River State chapter, has announced that it will resume its indefinite strike on February 9, citing the state government’s failure to fully address its outstanding demands. The decision was conveyed in a letter dated February 2 and made available to journalists in Calabar, the state capital, on Tuesday.

The post–Cold War international order was never perfect, but it rested on an implicit bargain: economic integration, shared security frameworks, and a rules-based multilateral system that, however asymmetrical, offered predictability. Today, that fragile system is cracking. What we are witnessing is not merely a shift in global power centres; it is a contest for the