Armed groups operating in parts of Kano and Katsina states are allegedly extorting farmers, demanding up to N50,000 per acre from sugarcane growers before harvest, as they enforce a parallel system of governance within key forest reserves in the region. According to reports, the bandits have entrenched themselves in the Rugu Forest of Faskari Local […]
Lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly have alleged that they uncovered a plot by certain individuals linked to the executive arm of the state government to obtain a court order preventing the legislature from performing its functions. This comes as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ended his tour of […]
A coalition of leaders within the All Progressives Congress (APC), operating under the APC Leaders Forum (ALF) and the Tinubu/Shettima Solidarity Movement (TSSM), has issued a strongly worded open letter, calling for the immediate removal of Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), citing alleged insubordination, anti-party activities, and threats to national […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly has begun impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Oduh. During plenary presided over by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, according to a live broadcast on Channels Television on Thursday, the Majority Leader, Major Jack, read out the notice of allegations […]
The African Union was joined by countries ranging from Ghana to Uganda and South Africa in expressing various degrees of concern at the United States’ latest intervention in Venezuela, during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, were seized and flown to be tried in New York on an indictment including drugs and […]
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is expected to appear in a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation that paved the path for Washington’s plans to dominate the oil-rich country. Maduro, 63, faces narcotrafficking charges along with his wife, Cilia Flores, who was forcibly […]
Oil prices fell on Wednesday amid expectations of a surge in supply after United States President Donald Trump said Venezuela would hand over up to 50 million barrels of crude to the US. According to oilprice.com, Venezuela and the United States reached a deal under which authorities in the South American country would agree to […]
Togo, Niger, and Benin owe Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25bn at the current exchange rate, for electricity supplied under bilateral arrangements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the three international customers were invoiced a total of $18.69m by the Market Operator for electricity […]
President Faustin-Archange Touadera has won the third term he sought after a 2023 constitutional referendum scrapped term limits and extended presidential terms to seven years. He was declared the election winner, with 76.15 percent of the vote in the first round, by the National Elections Authority (ANE). Opponents Anicet-Georges Dologuélé received 14.6 percent of the […]
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has denied claiming that he was targeted for elimination by the United States during its recent airstrikes on terrorists in Sokoto State. Gumi explained that a viral old video in which he once raised the alarm over a threat to his life referred to the Boko Haram sect, which […]
Russian missile and drone attacks struck Ukraine in the early hours of Monday, killing two people in the Kyiv region and injuring several others, according to local authorities. The bombardment came on the eve of a diplomatic summit in France, where European leaders are expected to discuss a potential peace plan. Air raid sirens sounded […]
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged Nigeria’s intelligence community and the armed forces to adopt techniques similar to those used by the Army in Borno State, or more advanced intelligence-led strategies, to apprehend kidnappers before they negotiate and collect ransoms from victims’ relatives. The group called on the Minister of Defence, […]