Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, has criticised the resignation of Uche Nnaji, former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, describing it as an attempt to conceal what he termed “another forgery scandal” under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Nnaji resigned on Tuesday following a Premium Times investigation which alleged that he submitted forged academic and National […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has joined the campaign of former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a post on his official X account on Wednesday, Sowore had challenged the Labour Party chieftain, Peter Obi, Atiku, Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo, […]

Activist and former presidential candidate, African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has announced October 20 as the date for a protest march to demand the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore made this known on his X handle on Thursday. According to him, the protest would be a […]

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over alleged intimidation and threats to life by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state, Mustapha Adekunle, popularly known as Sego. The petition, dated October 8, 2025, and signed […]

The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a post on […]

Economic reforms have corrected past policy missteps, held the country back from slipping into a fiscal crisis and stablised the macroeconomic conditions, but equally increased survival pressure on the citizens, with the number of poor rising by an additional 58 million in six years, the World Bank has said. In its latest Nigeria Development Update […]

The Presidency has denounced the recent comments by a United States Senator, Ted Cruz, who alleged genocide and targeted killings of Christians in Nigeria. Also rejecting the narrative, the House of Representatives described it as a misrepresentation of Nigeria’s complex security landscape and a distortion of facts. The House directed that the United Nations (UN) […]

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the Eritrean government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of colluding to “wage war” against Ethiopia, alleging that the two are working together under a new alliance named “Tsimdo.” The ministry also alleges the two were involved in a recent offensive by the Fano militia aimed at […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says the country’s non-interest capital market is valued at N1.6 trillion. Dr Emomotimi Agama, the Director-General of SEC, said this in Abuja on Tuesday at a pre-news conference in preparation for the 7th African International Conference on Islamic Finance (AICIF) scheduled between Nov. 4 and Nov. 5. Agama said […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to October 16, for the presentation of his medical examination report by the Nigerian Medical Association. The trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, adjourned the matter due to the NMA’s inability to conclude its […]

Sudanese militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed in Darfur over 20 years ago. Ali Kushayb was one of the leaders of the Janjaweed, a government-backed group that terrorised Darfur, killing hundreds […]

October marks the eighth year since the armed insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province, with attacks occurring on a “near-daily basis” as terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to local communities. Despite responding almost exclusively with a military approach, deploying state forces, private military companies, and foreign troops to Cabo Delgado, the […]