Caught in the Act: What Happens When a Fake Lawyer Walks Into a Nigerian Courtroom

05 Sep 2026

A Lagos courtroom erupted into chaos after a judge accused a man dressed in a lawyer’s wig and gown of impersonating a legal practitioner and ordered his immediate arrest. “Remove that your wig. I’m ordering for his arrest right away. Police, arrest him!” the judge was heard saying in a video circulating online. The man, […]

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Court Stops Actress From Posting a Toddler’s Photos Online: What a Celebrity Feud Reveals About Nigeria’s Fight Against Cyberbullying

04 Sep 2026

The High Court of Lagos State has granted an interim order restraining Nollywood actress Elizabeth Aishat Ibukun Anjorin Lawal, popularly known as Lizzy Anjorin, from publishing, posting, circulating, uploading, or broadcasting pictures of one-year-old Rakeem Mkambala, the son of actress Priscilla Ojo and Tanzanian singer Juma Jux, on social media. Justice Yetunde Adesola Adesanya of […]

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Content Creator Remanded Over Death of Young Woman Who Accused Him of Rape: What the Case Says About Online “Mentorship” in Nigeria

04 Sep 2026

A Delta State High Court has remanded Ifeanyi Ogbonna, a content creator popularly known as “Odogwu Asaba,” at the Ogwashi-Uku Maximum Correctional Centre. The court granted the remand application on Friday, September 4, 2026. The case involves the alleged rape and death of 20-year-old Favour Agbro. Awele Ideal, the lawyer representing Favour’s family on a […]

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A Stolen Samsung and a Furious Crowd: Night-Out Ends in Public Confrontation After Alleged Phone Theft

03 Sep 2026

A night out between a young man and a woman ended in chaos after the man allegedly stole a phone from a shop instead of paying her for the arrangement they had agreed to — and the two were caught and confronted by an angry crowd shortly after. What Allegedly Happened According to the woman’s […]

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Not Just a Rumour: Video of Alleged Fake Hollandia Yoghurt Production Confirms a Problem NAFDAC Has Flagged for Months

03 Sep 2026

A video making the rounds online appears to show people producing counterfeit Hollandia yoghurt, a discovery that, while shocking to many who saw it, lines up with warnings Nigeria’s drug and food regulator has already been sounding for over a year. The Footage in Question The video shows what is described as people making fake […]

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53 Hours Behind the Wheel in Three Days: Nigerian-British Taxi Driver Jailed After Falling Asleep and Killing a Man

02 Sep 2026

A Nigerian-British taxi driver has been sentenced to six years in prison in the United Kingdom after falling asleep at the wheel and killing a man who had safely pulled over to rest — a case that has reignited concern over just how many hours drivers in the gig and taxi economy are working without […]

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Betrayal Close to Home: Employer’s Own Workers Accused of Taking His Son to Sell Him

02 Sep 2026

A video circulating online shows two men accused of taking their employer’s young son with the intention of selling him — a betrayal made more painful by the fact that the suspects were people the family trusted enough to employ. The Allegation In the video, the two men are described as having stolen their boss’s […]

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Trusted as “One of the Girls”: Compound Residents Confront Man Accused of Disguising as a Woman to Watch Them Undressed

01 Sep 2026

A video circulating online shows a group of women angrily confronting a man they say lived among them in their compound presenting as a woman, only for them to later discover he was not. What the Video Shows In the video, the women say the man had dressed and groomed himself, down to fixing his […]

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₦1,500 for a Whole Day: Hired Crowd’s Complaint Reopens the Debate Over Nigeria’s “Rent-a-Crowd” Politics

01 Sep 2026

A video circulating online shows a group of people who say they were hired to dance and campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for an entire day, only to be paid ₦1,500 each at the end of it — and they are not happy about it. The Complaint In the video, members of the […]

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