A Traveller’s Smart Glasses Reportedly Caught Alleged Checkpoint Extortion on Camera. It Shows How Technology Is Outpacing Nigeria’s Efforts to Stop It

01 Aug 2026

A traveller has gone viral after allegedly using AI-powered smart glasses — wearable glasses with a built-in camera that can quietly record video — to capture security operatives at a checkpoint in Imo State reportedly demanding he remove the glasses and delete the footage. In the footage, the operatives are heard asking, “Why are you […]

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Nightclub Owner Loses His Business to a Bulldozer With Barely a Day’s Warning. It’s a Familiar Story for Abuja Entrepreneurs

31 Jul 2026

A young entrepreneur has cried out after he said his business, Barbados Nightlife in Lokogoma, Abuja, was demolished less than 10 months after it opened. According to him, officials from the Abuja Development Control Department — the arm of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) responsible for enforcing building and land-use rules — gave him […]

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She Wanted to Spiritually “Tie” Her Ex With a Love Charm. It Shows How Many Nigerians Still Turn to the Spiritual to Control Love

31 Jul 2026

A young woman from Lokoja, Kogi State, has been caught on video after she was allegedly found trying to put a substance she called a love charm into her ex-boyfriend’s food. In the video, the woman admitted that she and a friend had visited a traditional spiritual practitioner in Adankolo to get what she called […]

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Woman Confronted a Man Over a Privacy Complaint. What Followed Exposes a Gap in How Nigerians Handle Safety Threats

31 Jul 2026

A shop owner says a man dressed in black stormed into her shop and destroyed property after she confronted him for allegedly spying on one of her employees while the employee was in the restroom. The shop owner said the man refused to explain himself. Instead, he insisted she had no right to question him. […]

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Migrant Surge At Spain’s African Border Reignites Europe’s Toughest Migration Debate

30 Jul 2026

Ceuta, a small Spanish city on the north coast of Africa, has declared a humanitarian and security emergency after a sharp rise in migrants crossing in from neighbouring Morocco. Ceuta’s regional president, Juan Jesús Vivas, called it a “total humanitarian and social emergency” after hundreds of people swam across the border in recent days. About […]

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Building That Sank Into The Ground In Ogun Reopens Old Questions About Nigeria’s Construction Safety

30 Jul 2026

A two-storey building on Baale Road in the Ajuwon area of Ifo Local Government, Ogun State, sank straight into the ground on Monday afternoon, shortly after a heavy thunderstorm. Instead of falling sideways like most collapsed buildings, the ground and first floors sank downward into the earth, leaving only the top floor visible above the […]

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Campus Security or Campus Threat? Another Student Allegedly Attacked by Man O’ War (A Volunteer Security Group) in Rivers State

29 Jul 2026

A 300-level Mechanical Engineering student of Rivers State University (RSU), Mr Osaronwaji Sunday, was allegedly assaulted by members of the university’s Man O’ War unit. This is not the first time RSU’s Man O’ War has been accused of attacking students This would not be the first case of alleged brutality by Man O’ War, […]

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Why “Unlimited” Data Plans in Nigeria Keep Running Out Fast

29 Jul 2026

A Nigerian man has called out MTN after he said his ₦45,000 “unlimited” data plan finished in just four days. In a video that has since gone viral, he asked, “Where do you want me to get ₦45,000 to recharge again? How can ₦45,000 finish in just four days?” His frustration is not new. Across […]

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Buried Before He’s Even Buried: Widows And The Fight For What Their Husbands Left Behind

28 Jul 2026

A young widow is calling out her late husband’s family, accusing them of trying to seize his property just three days after his death, and alleging that her father-in-law beat her when she refused to hand it over. According to her account, her husband — who was the first child and breadwinner of his family […]

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