Nigeria: Lawmakers Move to Bar Civil Servants From Using Private Schools, Hospitals

The House of Representatives has introduced a bill seeking to prohibit public and civil servants from patronising private schools and healthcare services, in a bid to revive… Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmakers Indict 31 MDAs, Urge EFCC to Recover Over N103bn, $950,000

The House of Representatives has indicted 31 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) over financial irregularities amounting to over N103.8 billion and $950,912.05. Read more »

Nigeria: Your Threat to Obi Is Against Us All, Atiku Tackles Edo Governor

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned a statement by Edo State Governor Senator Monday Okpebholo directed at Peter Obi, saying any threat to the former Labour Party… Read more »

Nigeria: Retired Police Officers Hold Protest in Abuja, Kwara, Plateau, Others

Hundreds of retired police personnel, on Monday, protested across the states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to express their anger over their continued inclusion on the… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Loses $18bn Through Illicit Financial Flows - FIRS

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji stated that Nigeria loses $18 billion annually due to illicit financial flows. Read more »

Nigeria: National Assembly Bars Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan From Resuming Plenary

There was drama at the National Assembly complex in Abuja yesterday as security operatives blocked Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) from resuming plenary. Read more »

Nigeria: 87 of Our Girls Still in Captivity - Chibok Parents

Parents of the 87 Chibok school girls still in captivity have called on Nigerian government to "move beyond rhetoric" and return their children back home. Read more »

Nigeria: Dangote - How Black Marketers Are Plotting to Cripple Refineries Across West Africa

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has stated that the presence of a floating offshore oil market in Lome, Togo, will stifle plans for investors to construct refineries… Read more »

Nigeria: DSS, Army Rescue Us-Based Cleric Kidnapped By Boko Haram

Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese, John Bakeni, has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army for successfully rescuing Reverend Father Alphonsus… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Directives On Benue Crisis Yet to Be Implemented - Ortom

A former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said that the directive issued by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the security challenges confronting the state during his recent… Read more »

Nigeria: UN Chief Guterres Pays Tribute to Buhari, Hails His Legacy of Peace, Multilateralism

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Friday paid tribute to Nigeria's former President, Muhammadu Buhari, following his death at the age of 82. Read more »

Nigeria: 5 Months After - Probe of Alleged Boko Haram Funding Drags in National Assembly

The allegations against the United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and other local and international NGOs of funding activities of Boko Haram, Islamic State West… Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Homosexuality - 11 Arrested Over Killing of 2 Students in Kano School

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 11 suspects in connection with the killing of two students during a violent attack at Government Secondary School Bichi, in Bichi Local… Read more »

Nigeria: FCT Court Docks Man Over Criminal Breach of Trust, Cheating

A man, Emmanuel Otokpa, appeared on Wednesday in a Magistrate's Court in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for alleged criminal breach of trust and cheating. Read more »

Nigeria: Bandits Kill Police Officer, Vigilante Member Near Abuja

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead a police inspector and a vigilante in Zhibi, a community neighbouring Dei-Dei town, but located in Tafa LGA of Niger State. The… Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku - Those Who Created PDP Crisis Are Leaving - Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has said that those who created the internal crisis in the party are leaving. Read more »

Nigeria: Visa Policy - Tinubu Tasks Nigerians to Respect Immigration Regulations of Host Countries

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining and strengthening the longstanding and cordial diplomatic relations with the Governments of the United States of… Read more »

Nigeria: Suspension - Akpabio Appeals Judgement Against Reinstatement of Natasha-Uduaghan

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal in Abuja challenging the order for the reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Read more »

Nigeria: SEC Probes 79 Schemes, Other Linked to Ff Tiffany

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed plans to commence a full investigation into the activities of an entity operating under the name FF Tiffany. Read more »

Nigeria: Atiku Finally Dumps PDP

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Read more »

Nigeria: Man Lynched for Allegedly Stealing Bike At Mosque

A mob in Unguwar Shadadi, Kuje Area Council, FCT, reportedly lynched an unidentified man for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a mosque. Read more »

Nigeria: Farmers Shot Dead, Houses Burnt in Fresh Plateau Attack

Gunmen have attacked Bindi-Jebbu of Tahoss community in Riyom local government area of Plateau state, killing no fewer than "27 farmers". Read more »

Nigeria: Niger Farmers Count Losses After Bandits' Attacks

Residents of Rijau, the headquarters of Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State, are counting their losses a day after bandits invaded the town in broad daylight, rustling… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Rescue 14 Kidnap Victims in Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters, have rescued 14 kidnapped victims from gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. Read more »

Nigeria: 2 Suspected Bandits' Wives Arrested Taking Arms to Husbands in Kwara Forest

Two women, suspected to be wives of kidnappers, have been arrested in Kwara State for allegedly transporting an AK-47 rifle and 31 rounds of live ammunition to their husbands… Read more »