Nigeria: A Renewed Promise of Northern Unity

Uba Sani emphasises the importance of inclusive governance, and urged the North to recommit to justice, dialogue, and shared progress, writes Abubarka DAUDA Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu's Order to Withdraw Police From VIPs

President Bola Tinubu's order to the Inspector General of Police to withdraw all police officers attached to VIPs and redeploy them to mainstream policing is a long-overdue… Read more »

Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu - From Agitation to Life Imprisonment

After a ten-year intricate legal battle, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which has been agitating for the actualisation of the state of Biafra,… Read more »

Nigeria: Surge in Kidnappings - Tinubu Orders 24-Hour Aerial Surveillance On Kwara, Kebbi, Niger Forests

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered a total air security surveillance around forests in Kwara State, following an upsurge in kidnappings and terrorist activities in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Seeks Sweeping Overhaul of Legal Profession, Sends New Regulatory Bill to Senate

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday sought a far-reaching transformation of Nigeria's legal profession as he transmitted the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025 to the Senate. Read more »

Nigeria: Police Confirm Shooting, Abduction of Residents in Another Kwara Community

The Kwara State Police Command has finally confirmed the shooting and abduction of some indigenes of Isapa town near Obbo-Ile in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state by… Read more »

Nigeria: I'm Happy All 24 Kebbi Schoolgirls Have Regained Freedom - Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has expressed happiness that all the 24 schoolgirls kidnapped Monday, last week in Manga, Kebbi State have regained their freedom. Read more »

Nigeria: NHRC Urges Stakeholders to Unite, End Digital Violence Against Women and Girls

Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Dr. Tony Ojukwu has urged stakeholders to unite and end digital violence against women and girls in Nigeria. Read more »

Nigeria: Kidnapped Kebbi Schoolgirls Regain Freedom

The schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State have regained their freedom. Read more »

Nigeria: UK Refuses Request By Nigerian Govt for Ike Ekweremadus Transfer Home

The government of the United Kingdom, has turned down Nigerias request for the transfer of former Deputy Senate President (DSP), Ike Ekweremadu, currently serving jail term, to… Read more »

Nigeria: Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar Formally Joins ADC

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has formally registered with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a member. Read more »

Nigeria: Food Security - Govt Seeks to Expand Livestock Industry to $74 Billion By 2035

Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has said the federal government remained committed to expanding the countrys livestock industry to $74 billion by 2035 from… Read more »

Nigeria: NNPC Releases 2024 Audited Financial Statement, Declares N5.4 Trillion Profit, N45.1tn Revenue

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) yesterday released its audited financial statement for the full year ended 2024, reporting a Profit After Tax (PAT) of… Read more »

Nigeria: Again, Bandits Strike in Kwara Community, Kidnap Pregnant Woman, 2 Nursing Mothers, 9 Others

Suspected bandits have invaded Isapa town in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state, abducting a pregnant woman, two nursing mothers and 9 other residents of the town. Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Denies Nationwide Ban On Open Grazing, Clarifies Transition to Ranching

The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming it has imposed a nationwide ban on open grazing, describing such publications as misleading and not reflective of current… Read more »

Nigeria: 10 Banks Declare N1.99trn Loan Impairment Charges On Elevated Provisioning

On the back of their effort to reduce the negative impact of macro-economic challenges on their risk assets, 10 leading deposit money banks declared N1.99 trillion loan impairment… Read more »

Nigeria: NHRC Announces Programmes for 16 Days of Activism On GBV

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has announced its plans for the 2025 International 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Read more »

Nigeria: Daily Mail Owner Strikes $650 Million Deal to Buy the Telegraph

Daily Mail owner DMGT said at the weekend it had struck a £500 million pound or $650 million deal to buy rival newspaper, The Telegraph, in a tie-up that would create one of… Read more »

Nigeria: Pipeline Surveillance - Pinl to Partner NDLEA's Anti-Drug Campaign in Niger Delta

In line with its strategic engagement policy with relevant stakeholders in the fight against vandalism and oil theft in the Niger Delta, Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited… Read more »

Nigeria: AGPC Inaugurates Two 100,000-Barrel Condensate Buffer Tanks

ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited (AGPC) has successfully commissioned two 100,000-barrel condensate buffer tanks at its state-of-the-art gas processing facility in Assa North,… Read more »

Nigeria: Special Report - Alleged $1bn Nestoil Debt: First Bank, Access Bank, Zenith Bank Mds Risk Imprisonment Over Disobedience to Court Order

The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued stern warnings to three major financial institutions, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Access Bank Plc, and Zenith Bank Plc, placing their… Read more »

Nigeria: Zenith Bank Celebrates Tech Excellence, Rewards Hackathon Winners With N140 Million At Tech Fair 5.0

A total cash prize of ₦140 million has been awarded to ten (10) African innovators to scale their transformative solutions after a keenly contested hackathon and pitch session at… Read more »

Nigeria: 38 Ekuru Worshippers Freed, 51 Students Rescued, 13 Niger Teachers Still in Captivity

*Tinubu: I Won't relent, we'll secure Nigeria Read more »

Nigeria: Better Late Than Be the Late

The panic closure at the weekend of public boarding secondary schools by, at the last count, six Northern state governments, hot on the heels of the closure of forty-one Federal… Read more »

Nigeria: Okafor Plans to Hike CIO Golf Classic Prize Purse to N100m

Sponsor of the annual CIO Golf Classic in Port Harcourt, Chief Ikenna Okafor, has promised to raise the tournament's prize purse to N100million (about $70,000) at the next edition… Read more »