Nigeria: Nigerian Army Speaks On Allegation of Bias in Trial of Soldiers

Mr Nwachukwu said that the Nigerian army was a composite national institution and not an ethnic militia. Read more »

Nigeria: Arrest of Trailers Loaded With Passengers Will Continue Across Nigeria - FRSC

The JTF established by the corps marshal had apprehended 35 trailers carrying 982 passengers between March 23 and March 30. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Army Contradicts Self On Recovery of Weapons From Murdered 17 Soldiers

Two army officials spoke separately on Wednesday concerning the murder of the 17 soldiers in the state. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Recommends Mining Model to Miners

Mr Alake, in his response, pledged the support of the Federal Government for SROL, particularly because it promotes local content and positively impacts the host community with… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Speak On Stampede During Distribution of Palliatives in Katsina

"The command remains committed to providing timely updates and transparent information on matters concerning public safety and security." Read more »

Nigeria: Electricity Tariff Increase and the Big Lie, By Jibrin Ibrahim

The original sin was the mode of privatisation of the Nigerian electricity sector. Read more »

Nigeria: Failure to Arraign Binance Officials in Tax Evasion, Money Laundering Cases

Binance and its two officials - Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla - were scheduled to be arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on five counts of money laundering… Read more »

Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu Launches Another Round of Appeal Against Treasonable Felony Trial

Nnamdi Kanu's fresh appeal comes barely three months after the Supreme Court, in December 2023, dismissed his earlier appeal with respect to the trial that started in 2015. Read more »

Nigeria: Group Stages Walk Against Femicide, Submits Draft Bill to Lagos Assembly

Femicide is regarded as "the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls". Read more »

Nigeria: Alleged N1.9bn Misappropriation - Eti-Osa Residents Protest, Want Council Chairman Suspended

Receiving the protesters, Adebola Sabi, representing Lagos Mainland II, said the Lagos Assembly would see to the matter. Read more »

Nigeria: How New Gas Price Template for Strategic Sectors Will Benefit Nigerians

On Easter Monday, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority announced the establishment of the year 2024 Domestic Base Price and applicable wholesale… Read more »

Nigeria: Why We Detained Bobrisky - EFCC

The EFCC has shared more details of popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky's arrest and detention. Read more »

Nigeria: Anti-Graft Body Detains Popular Crossdresser

The EFCC has detained popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky. Read more »

Nigeria: Vaccine - Gavi Announces $250m Grant to Nigeria As Tinubu Urges Greater Collaboration With Organisation

President Tinubu said partnership on local vaccine production has become necessary owing to the challenges faced by developing countries, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »

Nigeria: EFCC to Arraign Bobrisky for Alleged Money Laundering, Other Offences

Bobrisky was detained at the EFCC Lagos office on Wednesday. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force Announces 60th Anniversary Date, Activities

The Nigerian Air Force's 60th anniversary with the theme, 'Nigerian Air Force at 60: Leveraging Strategic Partnerships in Aerospace Innovations for Regional Security'. Read more »

Nigeria: Bandits Displace 289,375 Residents of 551 Kaduna Communities - Official

"551 affected communities and 289,375 displaced persons across 12 Local Government Areas" Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Lawmaker Delivered Rehabilitated Building As New Under Constituency Projects

Instead of delivering a new building as provided in the budget for the constituency project, Jonathan Gaza, in connivance with the contractor and implementing agency, renovated an… Read more »

West Africa: Tinubu Inaugurates Ecowas Parliament, Seeks Direct Election of Representatives

"....As a one-time legislator myself, I look forward to reviewing a proposal regarding this matter, and we stand ready to support direct elections into the ECOWAS Parliament. We… Read more »

Nigeria: Cct Suspends Kano Anti-Corruption Agency Boss

The suspension of the head of the Kano State anti-corruption agency stemmed from the charges the CCB filed against him at the CCT last year. Read more »

Nigeria: Wike Appoints New Md of Abuja Investment Company

Mr Wike also terminated the contract for the maintenance of International Conference Centre. Read more »

Nigeria: President Signs New Student Loan Bill Into Law

Mr Tinubu signed the repealed version in June last year and promised implementation would take off in September but it failed. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians With Disabilities Experience Discrimination Despite Existing Laws

About 13 years after Lagos State put in place an anti-discrimination law, and five years after the federal government did the same, PWDs in the state still experience… Read more »

Nigeria: Only 6% of Nigerian Women Access Credit - Group

Access to formal finance remains a challenge in Nigeria Read more »

Nigeria: Kaduna Govt Denies Taking New Multi-Million Dollar Foreign Loan

"The Kaduna State Government, under the leadership of Governor Uba Sani, has not entered into any agreement or received any foreign loan amounting to $17.69 million, as claimed. Read more »