Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Four More in Kogi Community, Eight Kidnapped in One Week

For the third time in seven days, gunmen have attacked Okoloke, an agrarian community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, which has a significant Fulani population. Read more »

Nigeria: PDP Remains Strong, Formidable Opposition, Says Senate Caucus

The Senate caucus of the Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP), has assured its members that the party remains strong, contrary to insinuations that it is in shreds and at the verge of… Read more »

Nigeria: What Does Atiku's Reported VP Offer Mean for Peter Obi's Ambition?

The report about former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, offering Peter Obi a vice presidential role in a joint ticket for the 2027 presidential contest has triggered a barrage of… Read more »

Nigeria: No Tension in Our Community, Isiagu-Akpawfu Leaders Declare - Refute Crisis Report

Leaders of Isiagu-Akpawfu Autonomous Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State have firmly dismissed recent media reports suggesting unrest in the community,… Read more »

Nigeria: Coalition - Obi Remains With Labour Party - Obedient Movement

The Obidient Movement says Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer of the 2023 general election is still with the party and has not joined any coalition. Read more »

Nigeria: Army Storms Bandits' Camps in Benue, Destroys Kingpin's Hideout

Troops of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, in synergy with other security agencies have stormed and destroyed identified bandits' camps linked to a bandit… Read more »

Nigeria: Stakeholders Unite to Combat Malaria At Unilag

To mark this year's World Malaria Day, major health organisations, Green Life Pharmaceuticals, Green Life Hospital, Seagreen Pharmaceutical, and Clearline HMO, joined forces to… Read more »

Nigeria: I'm Committed to Building Strong Institutions, Promote Efficiency - -IBAs

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Etteh Ibas (retd) has said his administration was committed to building strong institutions in the state and promote… Read more »

Nigeria: Borno Security Situation Dire, Govt Must Act Fast - Obi

ABUJA: Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has decried the rising insecurity in Borno State. Read more »

Nigeria: Itsekiri Youths Denounce INEC's Ward Delineation Report, Hold Peace Walk in Warri

Hundreds of Itsekiri youths under the aegis of Warri Indigenous Peoples Youth Movement, WIPYM, yesterday continued the peaceful march in Warri, Delta State, urging the Independent… Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Can't Afford Renewed Crisis in Ogoni By Forcing Oil Production Resumption - MOSOP

Port Harcourt --The people of Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State, have been assured that President Bola Tinubu cannot afford to order a forceful resumption of oil production… Read more »

Nigeria: Kano Censorship Board Suspends Streaming, Airing of 22 Hausa Film Series

The Kano State Censorship Board has suspended the streaming or airing of 22 Hausa Film Series for violating the Board's guidelines, which require all films to be censored before… Read more »

Nigeria: 2027:/ Why I'm in Coalition - Peter Obi

The 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, said his involvement in the coalition of opposition parties, ahead of the 2027 election, wasn't about… Read more »

Nigeria: NSITF to Partner NPC On Social Security, Worker Safety, Data

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has called for a strategic partnership with the National Population Commission, NPC, to enhance service delivery and protect… Read more »

Nigeria: Nothing to Be Gained From Declaration of State of Emergency(6)

From last week, this is the concluding part of Chief Obafemi Awolowo's counter-submission in response to that of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa on the declaration of a state of… Read more »

Nigeria: My Angry Class

I was recently engaged by a group of young Nigerians who had just registered for my graduate class on Governance and Public Policy at a northern university where I teach. I use the… Read more »

Nigeria: Labour Party Expresses Confidence Ahead of Lagos LG Polls

The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) says it is confident of victory in the July 12 local government elections if conducted fairly. Read more »

Nigeria: Compulsory Voting Bill Violates Nigerian Constitution - Falana

Prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has strongly criticized the proposed bill to make voting compulsory in Nigeria, describing it as… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Promote Local Languages, Culture - Soyinka

Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has stressed the need to promote Nigeria's local languages and culture in order to drive national development. Read more »

Nigeria: Again, Many Feared Dead in Abuja's Nyanya-Mararaba Road Accident

Several people were feared dead on Monday, following a second accident within 24 hours around the Karu Bridge on the Nyanya-Mararaba Road in Abuja, the nation's capital. Read more »

Nigeria: Tinubu Can't Spark Renewed Crisis in Ogoni By Forceful Oil Resumption, MOSOP Warns

...Says any hostilities in Ogoni could jeopardize 2027 elections Read more »

Nigeria: Refinery - If We Understood Magnitude, We Might Not Attempt It - Dangote

Africa's richest man and industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has expressed commitment to empowering Nigerian engineers and building local capacity through large-scale industrial… Read more »

Nigeria: Canada Tightens Foreign Workers Rules As Nigerians, Others Risk Deportation

Canada has introduced stricter rules in its Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), raising concerns among skilled foreign workers, including many Nigerians, who now face greater… Read more »

Nigeria: Enugu Ex-Deputy Speaker, Ezeugwu, Resigns From PDP - - Says Party Is 'Deceitocracy'

The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugwu, has resigned from the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Read more »

Ghana: Nidcom Receives 13 Trafficked Nigerians Rescued From Ghana, Mali

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has received 13 trafficked Nigerians, including 12 girls and a five-year-old boy, rescued from Ghana and Mali. Read more »