April 04
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 »
April 03
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 »
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Announces Hike in Electricity Tariffs
Mr Oseni said the new rate will be imposed only on consumers, who represent 15 per cent of the population but consume 40 per cent of the nation's electricity. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Army Troops Kill Five Violent Extremists, Foil Kidnapping of Church Members
The troops also recovered a cache of arms from the extremists. Read more »
Nigeria: Chief Judge Rejects Requests to Pardon Murder, Kidnap Suspects
The CJ, who was accompanied by senior magistrates and other principal officials of the state Ministry of Justice, reviewed a total of 61 cases bordering on murder, kidnap, and… Read more »
Nigeria: Kids FM, Nigeria's First Radio Station for Kids Officially Launches
This innovative venture marks the first of its kind in Nigeria, setting a new standard for children's entertainment and education in the country. Read more »
April 02
Nigeria: Nigerian Police Commissioner Found Dead
The late DCP, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, had left Lagos State for his private residence in Ogbomoso for the… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Nine Students in Delta
The students have been freed, the police said. Read more »
Nigeria: 'Jesus Paid Your Debts, Not Your Taxes' Flier - FIRS Apologises
Yes, we would say the message ruffled feathers in some circles. The unintended meaning/insinuation being read into the post was not what we were out to communicate as an agency. Read more »