Nigeria: Tinubu Capable of Governing Nigeria Efficiently, Says Ambassador Bello

Nigerian ambassador to Mexico, Ambassador Adejare Bello has said the presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has track records to… Read more »

Nigeria: Ending the Scourge of Cholera

In its latest report, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced a total of 19,228 suspected cases of cholera, including 466 deaths in 2022. Read more »

Nigeria: DSS Arrests Masterminds of Kogi Explosion

Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack which occurred on December 29, 2022, near the palace… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Inaugurates Niger Development Board

The federal government, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Read more »

Nigeria: Go After Killers of Fatinoyes, Governor Abiodun Tells Police

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has given a marching order to the State Police Command, to go after the killers of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, who were killed and… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Judgement Stopping DSS From Inviting Emefiele Landmark, Say Ethnic Youth Leaders

A group of ethnic youth leaders, the Nigerian Ethnic Youth Leaders Council (NEYLC) has celebrated the judgment of an Abuja High Court that barred the Department of State Services… Read more »

Nigeria: Adieu Pele, the Goat

In January 1969, the legendary football maestro, Pele whose real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, travelled to Nigeria in one of his football club's" Santos" famous… Read more »

Nigeria: Increasing Assault On Health Workers

It is becoming commonplace for hospitals and healthcare facilities in Nigeria to paste warnings to patients and their relatives on the rights of doctors and nurses to carry out… Read more »

Nigeria: IGP Streamlines Indiscriminate Police Investigation Processes

In a bid to strengthen the criminal justice system and standardise investigation processes in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has… Read more »

Nigeria: NDLEA Seizes 636.463kgs Illicit Drugs, Arrests 290 Offenders in Gombe

National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 636. 463 kilograms of Illicit drugs in Gombe State in 2022. Read more »

Nigeria: Obi Endorsement - You Don't Own Key to Aso Rock, Atiku Tells Obasanjo

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has again tackled former president Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing the Labour Party flagbearer, Peter… Read more »

Nigeria: I'm Looking Forward to 2023 Polls, Retirement - President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he was looking forward to the 2023 general election, and retirement, since he had satisfied the constitutionally required two terms to be in… Read more »

Nigeria: Economists Flay Further Borrowing As President Buhari Signs U.S.$45 Billion Budget

With a daunting N67.7trillion debt profile facing the country, economists have flayed plans by the federal government to borrow a fresh N10.78 trillion to finance the deficit in… Read more »

Nigeria: 4 Houses, 11 Shops Burnt in Adamawa Communal Crisis

A fresh communal crisis between Lunguda and Waja communities in Lamurde local government area of Adamawa State has left four houses and six shops burnt down. Read more »

Nigeria: 23 Years After - in Remembrance of General Sani Abacha

General Sani Abacha, who was born on September 20, 1943, died three months to his 55th birthday on June 8, 1998. Before his death, Gen Abacha had risen to the rank of a full… Read more »

Nigeria: Shell Plans to Cut Methane Emissions

Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell said it will cut emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, across its oil and gas operations. Shell aims to maintain methane emissions intensity… Read more »

Nigeria: T.Y. Danjuma Foundation and the Road to Dako

The people of Dako community are predominantly farmers. This is evident from the ridges that could be seen around the footpath that led to the village. Read more »

Nigeria: Reflections on Fifty Years of Change

I would like to thank Chatham House and Coventry University's African Studies Centre for inviting me to speak today. I'm honoured to have the chance at this critical time to share… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: South African Singer Decries Plight of Women

South African Singer, Miriam Makeba has said that women survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) face a "triple tragedy" of physical, psychological… Read more »