Fresh killings, kidnappings and violent clashes across parts of Nigeria have heightened nationwide security fears, as new intelligence reports warn of expanding terrorist drone attacks. This came as President Bola Tinubu pledged to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture, stressing that defeating terrorism remains central to economic stability and national development. Residents of Ejule community in Ofu […]
Nigeria will continue borrowing to fund its widening budget deficit, the Senate has revealed, as lawmakers and fiscal experts warned that rising debt and weak revenue mobilisation could push the country to the brink. Consequently, the Senate vowed to scrutinise service-wide vote spending and ensure that no budget tenor would be allowed to extend beyond […]
Senegalese police have said that they have arrested 14 people and dismantled a criminal network operating between Senegal and France. The group, made up of Senegalese nationals, had allegedly been active since 2017 and was accused of serious offences involving the exploitation of minors. The police said the group was accused of “organised paedophilia, pimping, […]
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, on Monday led protesters to the National Assembly in Abuja to oppose the Senate’s decision on the electronic transmission of election results. The protest, tagged ‘Occupy National Assembly’, was organised by Nigerian youths, pro-democracy activists and civil […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has clarified that not all electricity meters currently being installed across the country are free, amid growing public confusion over Federal Government metering programmes and recent warnings against illegal charges by electricity distribution companies (DisCos). Speaking during a radio programme on Fresh FM on Saturday, NERC Chairman, Musiliu Oseni, […]
Nigeria’s economy is facing a growing risk of a liquidity gap, with abundant cash circulating within financial markets while productive sectors remain neglected, thereby slowing growth in the real sector, distorting asset prices and weakening the transmission of monetary policy. The widening gap between financial asset expansion and real sector activity raises fears of dire […]
The convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is serving a life sentence at the National Correctional Centre, Sokoto, for terrorism-related offences, has filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal, challenging his conviction by the Federal High Court in Abuja on November 20, 2026. Kanu filed the […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has faulted Senate’s refusal to approve electronic transmission of election results and voter card downloads aimed at giving credibility to future elections and INEC’s efficiency. This is contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Abdullahi condemned the Senate for rejecting […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected two documents tendered by Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, in his ongoing trial over alleged defamatory remarks against President Bola Tinubu. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a ruling, declined an oral application by Sowore’s lawyer, Marshall Abubakar, seeking an order admitting a set of documents, comprising […]
President John Mahama has ordered a “full-scale” investigation into claims that officials are soliciting bribes from foreign scholarship recipients. The probe follows a radio panel discussion where the former CEO of National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, highlighted the alleged misconduct. In its directive, the Presidency said it considers the matter a “grave […]
