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The detention of social media commentator Abubakar Salim Musa at the Keffi Correctional Centre has sparked widespread outrage across Nigeria, with netizens, activists and political leaders condemning what they describe as an attack on free speech.   Musa, popularly known as @AM_Saleeeem on X, was reportedly arrested on January 11, 2026, over his criticism of […]

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has questioned the whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu amid what he describeas deepening economic hardship, insecurity and leadership silence in Nigeria.   In a statement posted on his verified X account on Monday, Obi said his concern was driven […]

The Chinese-owned short-video platform, TikTok, has escalated its legal battle with Nigerian regulators by challenging a $5 million fine for alleged privacy breaches; and sources at ByteDance, the Nigerian operator of TikTok, told From aso.rocks that it is appealing the fine in Nigeria’s Federal High Court, describing it as “unjustifiable,” and threatening to withdraw from […]

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and two others, bail in the sum of ₦500 million with two sureties. The sureties, according to the judge, must have landed property in Asokoro, Maitama, Gwarinpa. He added that they must submit […]

US President Donald Trump and a photo posted on Trump’s Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows what President Trump says is Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026.   US air strikes on Venezuela and the seizing of the country’s leader […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the director-general of the Nigerian Law School. The appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term.   Dr Odusote, 57, is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus and will become the first woman to […]

The politics of 2026 will be less about governing than positioning. Yet the maneuvers of the year ahead may decide who rules Africa’s most populous country after 2027; and whether its increasingly hollowed-out party system can still bear the strain. Nigeria’s political calendar insists on restlessness. A year before a presidential election, the country enters […]

Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised Nigeria’s tax laws, warning that prosperity cannot be achieved by placing heavier burdens on poor citizens.   Obi, who defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday, made his position known in a post on X on Friday, where he questioned the government’s approach to […]