July 14, 2025
Nigeria: NSCDC Unveils Emergency Response to Tackle Insecurity in FCT
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has launched a new elite unit, the "Emergency Response Team," specifically created to combat insecurity in the Federal Capital… Read more »
Nigeria: Zenith Bank Women's Basketball League Dunks Off July 21
The Atlantic and Savannah Conferences of the 2025 national Women's Basketball League will start on July 21. Read more »
Nigeria: Payment of $300 Helicopter Levy Lacks Regulatory Backing - Operator
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, has called on the federal government to withdraw the payment of $300 landing fees by… Read more »
Nigeria: How 'Nigeria First Procurement Policy' Will Boost Local Manufacturing, Forex
Worried by the low patronage and dwindling manufacturing of made-in-Nigeria goods, the federal government recently launched 'Nigeria First' Procurement Policy, to re-emphasise on… Read more »
Nigeria: 2027 - Yakubu Must Continue
I have been thinking about this issue for months, and whichever way I have looked at it, I have become ever more convinced that the continuation of Professor Mahmood Yakubu in post… Read more »
Nigeria/Zambia: Wafcon - Super Falcons Set Up Quarter-Final Clash With Zambia
Algeria's Lady Fennecs successfully stifled the Super Falcons to earn a scoreless draw in their final group B match of the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and earn a… Read more »
West Africa: Goïta's Indefinite Mandate Raises Alarm Over Mali's Democratic Future
General Assimi Goïta, Mali's junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate -- renewable indefinitely and without election --… Read more »
Nigeria: Experts Seek $100bn Annual Investment in Energy Infrastructures
Stakeholders and experts have described natural gas as Africa's transformational fuel while calling for $100 billion annual investments in African energy infrastructure to unlock… Read more »
Nigeria: FCT Poll - Kuje APC Chairmanship Candidate Tasks Residents On Voter Registration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship candidate for the February 21, 2026 election in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, has urged residents to take… 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 »
Nigeria: Pastor Remanded Over Rape of Housewife in Edo
An Edo State High Court has ordered the remand of Pastor Simeon Okehielem (38) of the Synagogue Prayers Ministry in a correctional center for allegedly raping a married woman (name… Read more »
Nigeria: WTT Increases 2025 Contender Lagos Prize Money
The management of the WTT Series has increased the prize pool for the 2025 WTT Contender Lagos tournament, raising the total purse from $75,000 (N115 million) to $100,000 (N153… Read more »
Nigeria: What NNPCL Must Do Before Refineries' Sale - Experts
Experts have urged the National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to engage in strategic decisions and foresight if it were to sell the four refineries it controlled. Read more »
July 13, 2025
Nigeria: Obasanjo - Buhari Died When Nigeria Needed Him Most
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday night paid tribute to the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari, who died in London Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Mourns Buhari, Directs Flag to Fly At Half-Mast
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the demise of former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a man who championed discipline in public service. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Announces Buhari's Demise, Asks Shettima, Gbaja to Proceed to UK
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the passing of his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more »
July 10, 2025
Nigeria: Residents Flee As Bandits Raid Plateau Community, Set Houses Ablaze
Three persons, including two palace administrators, were abducted, and several houses were burnt in Bunyun community, Basahar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau… Read more »
Nigeria: 5,000 Adolescent Girls in Conflict-Hit Communities to Get Sexual Reproductive, HIV Training in Kaduna
A new initiative is underway to train 5,000 adolescent girls and young women from rural, conflict-affected communities in Kaduna State on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Engages Kano Market Leaders, Traders On Consumer Protection
The Federal Government, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has reaffirmed its resolve to protect consumer rights and ensure fair trade… Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Removes Natasha As Diaspora Committee Chair
The Senate on Thursday removed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as chairman of the senate committee on diaspora and NGOs. Read more »
Nigeria: Scores Killed As Military Airstrikes Hit Terrorists' Convoy in Zamfara, Kebbi Boundary
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force attached with Operation Fansan Yamma have bombed terrorists near Yarbuga in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State Read more »
Nigeria: UAE Reviews Visa Processs for Nigerians, Bans Transit Applications
Stakeholders and operators in the downstream sector of the aviation industry expressed shock yesterday over the review of visa application requirements for visitors to Dubai, the… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Begins Phase 7 Mass Trials of Terrorists
The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the Phase 7 of the Kainji Mass Trials of terrorist suspects. Read more »
July 09, 2025
Nigeria: How B/Haram Ied Explosions Killed 121 Civilians, Soldiers in 16 Months
At least 121 civilians and security personnel have reportedly died from Boko Haram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosions in Borno and Yobe states, data compiled by Daily… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Targets 100% Domestic Crude Supply By Late 2025 - Report
Dangote Industries Limited says it expects its 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery to be fully supplied with crude oil from Nigerian producers by the end of 2025 -- a major step… Read more »
