Nigeria: Govt Moves to Digitize FEC Processes, Targets Full Paperless Operation By 2025

The Federal Government has taken a major step towards modernising the operations of the Federal Executive Council FEC with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding MoU between… Read more »

Nigeria: Set 90-Day Deadline to End Terror Before Trump Acts, Adeboye Tells Tinubu

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tackle Nigeria's worsening security… Read more »

Nigeria: Dele Momodu Blasts Claim Linking Opposition to Trump's Genocide Allegation

A prominent figure in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has dismissed allegations that the opposition orchestrated former US President Donald Trump's recent… Read more »

Nigeria: Court Fixes Nov 20 for Judgment in Kanu's Trial for Alleged Terrorism

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, fixed November 20 to deliver its judgement on the seven-count terrorism charge the Federal Government filed against the detained… Read more »

Nigeria: 'No Godfatherism in 2027,' Shinkafi Warns APC in Zamfara

A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Alhaji (Dr.) Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi has warned that only credible… Read more »

Nigeria: Fulani Residents in Kogi Reject Measles, Polio Vaccines - State Targets 1.9m Children

Some Fulani residents in Kogi State have rejected the ongoing Measles, Polio, and HPV vaccination being administered to children and young girls under the state's 2025 Integrated… Read more »

Africa: Governance Failures, Not Just Guns, Driving W/Africa's Growing Crises - Experts Warn

Experts and peacebuilding stakeholders have raised the alarm that governance failures, weak state institutions, and exclusionary politics, not armed violence alone, are fuelling… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Under Fire for Snubbing Christian Who Topped Permanent Secretary Interview

ABUJA -- A coalition of Northern clerics has accused the Federal Government of religious bias in the appointment of new Permanent Secretaries, alleging that a Christian candidate… Read more »

Nigeria: Kurrious - the Nigerian Afrobeat and RnB Sensation Taking His Sound to the World With 'On the Road' EP

Olaniyi Innocent Omolola, known professionally as Kurrious, is fast becoming one of the most compelling new voices in Nigeria's Afrobeat and RnB scene. His newly released 4-track… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Threatens to Enforce New Edo Anti-Property Encroachment Law, Recovers 500 Properties

BENIN CITY - The Edo State Public Property Protection Committee has said it would not spare any encroacher into government properties, going by the newly signed law by Governor… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Unveils New Tax Reform Laws in Major Economic Policy Shift

ABUJA - The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, will on Monday, officially unveil the Nigeria Tax Reform Acts at a strategic stakeholder engagement session in Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged Genocide - Nnamdi Kanu Writes Trump, Backs U.S. Action Against Nigeria

ABUJA--Ahead of his scheduled case before the Federal High Court, in Abuja, today, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has sent a letter… Read more »

Nigeria: Peter Obi Donates ₦15m to School of Nursing, Rejects Naming Building After Him

There was a mild drama at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ihiala, Anambra State, when the former governor of Anambra State and Labour Party… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt to Establish Presidential Task Force On 'Detty' December, Approves Tourism Zones

The Federal Government says it will establish a Presidential Task Force on 'Detty "December to coordinate inter-agency efforts and enhance Nigeria's global image as a festive… Read more »

Nigeria: Govt Stops Sale of FAAN Properties As FEC Approves Airport Safety, Concession, Biometric Upgrades

ABUJA-- THE Federal Government on Thursday, issued a directive barring the sale or transfer of properties belonging to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, within and… Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Orders NAFDAC to End Sachet Alcohol Production By Dec 31

The Senate has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to fully enforce -- without further extension -- the December 31, 2025 deadline… Read more »

Nigeria: Baba-Ahmed Urges Tinubu to Address Nigerians On Trump's Military Threat

A former Presidential Adviser, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has called on President Bola Tinubu to personally address Nigerians over the recent threat of possible military action issued by… Read more »

Nigeria: Pre-Election Tussles Account for 75% of Litigations - INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 75 per cent of pre-election litigations the commission was joined in were due to lack of internal democracy and leadership… Read more »

Africa: Global Citizen Now Summit Heads to Johannesburg to Push Africa's Clean Energy Transition

Global Citizen has announced that its flagship Global Citizen NOW action summit will be held in South Africa for the first time on November 21, at the Sandton Convention Centre in… Read more »

Nigeria: Plateau Govt Mourns Victims of Jos Railway Accident, Calls for Caution At Crossings

The Plateau State Government has expressed sympathy to families affected by Wednesday's fatal railway accident at Fototek Junction in the Jos South Local Government Area,… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria, Germany Partner to Curb Illegal Migration

The Federal Government has commended Germany for supporting Nigeria's efforts to curb irregular migration through skills acquisition and vocational training aimed at empowering… Read more »

Nigeria: COP30 - Shettima to Unveil Nigeria's Green Transition Roadmap to World Leaders

Vice-President Kashim Shettima will unveil Nigeria's green transition roadmap to world leaders, positioning the country to turn its climate commitments into concrete investment… Read more »

Africa: 2.6bn People Live in 'Digital Darkness' Globally - World Bank

A report by the World Bank has said that about 2.6 billion people globally lack access to the Internet and are therefore labelled as living in "digital darkness". Read more »

Nigeria: Senate Mulls Stiffer Penalty for Persons Ripening Fruits With Chemicals

THE Senate has said it would, through its relevant committees, amend extant laws to prescribe stiffer punishments for persons found guilty of ripening fruits through the… Read more »

Nigeria: Anambra Guber Poll, a Chance for INEC to Win Back Trust - Ekwueme

ABUJA - Former Anambra South Senatorial Bye-Election candidate, Barr. Peter Ekwueme, has called on the newly-appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission… Read more »