Category: Politics

MSF teams in Northwest Nigeria battled a meningitis outbreak for several weeks, providing vital care for hundreds of patients and supporting a mass vaccination campaign. This mobilisation significantly contributed to saving lives and reducing the number of cases. In the first days of February 2025, many men, women, and children in northwestern Nigeria suddenly became…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has launched an expansive manhunt following the rainfall that breached the security of its facility at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ilesa, Osun State. According to a statement on Tuesday by the NCoS spokesman, Umar Abubakar, “The force majeure that occurred at about 02:00 hours on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025,…

A new study by ActionAid has revealed that deep cuts to public spending on education and health across six African countries, including Nigeria, have seen workers struggle to afford essentials like food, resulting in overcrowded classrooms and failing healthcare. Published on Tuesday, the Human Cost of Public Sector Cuts in Africa surveyed over 600 healthcare…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has raised the alarm that the West African sub-region is at risk of worsening climate-related disruptions. Speaking at the ECOWAS Hydrology and Meteorology Directors’ Meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs & Agriculture, Mrs. Massandjé Toure-Litse, said that according to the WMO’s 2024 State…

The Federal Government has decried that environmental degradation is not in tandem with the spirit of Nigeria’s national anthem, as it oppresses the most vulnerable Nigerians. Speaking at the Circular and POPS-free Plastics in Africa Project Inception Workshop in Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal said: “As we reflect on the words of…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police Force, and other international security organisations are currently discussing strategic moves to combat terrorism and other criminal activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Speaking in Lagos at the opening ceremony of the ongoing Regional Workshop on Maritime Border Security organised by the…

The Government of South Korea has disclosed its ongoing moves to foster new partnerships with Nigerian institutions and cultural leadership and strengthen youth engagement. The latest move is part of the efforts put in place by the Korea Cultural Centre Nigeria (KCCN) to mark its 15th anniversary in Nigeria, The director KCCN, Mr. Kim Changki,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 19, 2025, re-arraigned Tuoyo Omatsuli, a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.  Omatsuli, along with Francis Momoh, Don Parker Properties Limited, and Building Associates Limited, is standing trial…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, arraigned the duo of Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, who are both employees of Premium Trust Bank, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned alongside Samson…

Uko Okon The Akwa Ibom State Government has issued a directive for the immediate closure of nightclubs and brothels operating in hotels and private premises within the Ewet Housing Estate in Uyo. This was contained in a statement by Barr. Patrick Udomfang, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Akwa Ibom Ibom Property and…