Nigeria: Nigeria Spent Only N365 Per Citizen On GBV Prevention, Response - Report

The report is to assess state governments' efforts across five core indicators: laws and policies, access to legal justice, support services, information and awareness, and budget… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Secures Release of Three Citizens Cleared of Drug Allegations in Saudi Arabia

They were arrested after prohibited substances were fraudulently tagged to their tickets at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport by criminal syndicates. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigerian Lawmakers Insist On Death Penalty for Kidnappers As Bill Passes Second Reading At Senate

The Anti-Terrorism ammendment bill passed second reading within a week after lawmakers resolved to classify kidnapping as terrorism. Read more »

Nigeria: Two Killed As Speeding Driver Hits Police Officer, Scavenger On Lagos Island

LASTMA gave a preliminary investigative report on the accident. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Nigerian Lawmakers Demand Public Naming, Prosecution of Terrorism Financiers

Lawmakers demanded the immediate identification and prosecution of terrorism and banditry sponsors, warning that shielding financiers undermines national security efforts. Read more »

Nigeria: Akpabio Cautions Lawmakers Against Politicising Insecurity, Says Trump's On Nigeria's Neck

Mr Akpabio referenced pressure from U.S. President, Donald Trump, over alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, stressing that the Senate must seek Christopher Musa's position on… Read more »

Nigeria: Court to Rule On Legal Representation of General Hydrocarbons in AMCON Suit

Two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Abiodun Layonu and Oluseye Opasanya, each claimed authority to represent the company. Read more »

Nigeria: Abductions, School Closures and Governors' Inertia

In the wake of the renewed mass abductions of schoolchildren across Nigeria's northern precincts, the governors of states within these high-risk zones have responded, not really… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S. to Impose Visa Restrictions On Nigerians Responsible for 'Anti-Christian' Violence

The US government said policy was being implemented under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Ac Read more »

Nigeria: 'I'm Perfectly Okay, I Need Everyone to Cease Fire' - 2Baba Begs Fans Amid Marriage Saga

"You understand what I'm saying? This puts Natasha at risk. It's unfair to anyone to do this kind of thing. It's not fair to anybody at all". Read more »

Nigeria: Senate in Rowdy Session Over Christopher Musa's Screening As Defence Minister

Many senators insisted the nominee should be allowed to "take a bow and go." Read more »

Nigeria: Reps to Investigate Ogijo Lead Poisoning, Demands Emergency Response

A two-part PREMIUM TIMES investigation, conducted in partnership with The Examination, uncovered extensive lead pollution in the soil and in the blood of residents. Read more »

Nigeria: Auditor Faults NNPC for £14 Million Spent On London Office

The findings in the 2022 audit report, the latest by the Auditor-General, are interim observations requiring the oil regulator to provide explanations. While the company responded… Read more »

Nigeria: Gov Adeleke Yet to Inform PDP of His Resignation - Turaki

"We have seen in the media a letter purported to be from him resigning his membership of our party, but I tell you that up to this moment, we have not officially received any such… Read more »

Nigeria: Coup - Nigeria Grants Asylum to Guinea-Bissau's Opposition Presidential Candidate

"Nigeria exercised its lawful discretion to prevent further deterioration of tensions and to promote social cohesion in Guinea-Bissau." Read more »

Nigeria: Police Rescue Three Children, Arrest Suspects in Niger Trafficking Case

Police said Ms Onyanja claimed she received the infant through her pastor, whom she said described the child as unwanted. Read more »

Nigeria: Lead Poison - Commissioner Commends Premium Times' Investigation As Ogun, Lagos Launch Joint Probe Into Pollution Threat

The commissioner said the ministry welcomed the media's role in bringing long-standing community complaints to national attention. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Lawmakers Reject Motion Seeking Ban On Dog Meat Consumption

The rejection of the motion has drawn mixed reactions across social media, particularly Facebook with a user describing it as "victory for the masses." Read more »

Nigeria: $4.5bn Fraud Trial - Emefiele's Co-Defendant Not Coerced to Write Statements - EFCC Witness

The judge ordered a trial-within-trial after Mr Emefiele's co-defendant denied the statements when EFCC sought to tender them as evidence. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Issues Expulsion Certificates to Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, Eight Others

Mr Wike and 10 other members of the faction of the PDP were expelled during the party's national convention in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in November. Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity - Tinubu Meets With Service Chiefs

The president met with heads of intelligence agencies and service chiefs at the State House, Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria: Akpabio Reconstitutes Senate Security Committee, Names New Chair

Abdullahi Yahaya was named Chairperson of the committee to replace Umar Buba, who was removed last week and has now been redeployed to the Committee on Livestock and Animal… Read more »

Nigeria: Lawmaker Faults Akpabio's Side Meetings During Plenary, Say It's 'Unparliamentary'

Mr Goje, a former governor and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said such discussions should not take place during an active session. Read more »

Nigeria: Situation Room Asks Senate to Reject Ex-INEC Chair Yakubu's Ambassadorial Nomination

The group said Mr Yakubu's nomination is ill-timed, inappropriate, and injurious to the electoral commission's independence. Read more »

Nigeria: SSS Arraigns Sowore, Facebook, X for Cybercrime Over Posts Calling Tinubu Criminal

The State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday arraigned Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, at the Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly… Read more »