EU, UNODC, ECOWAS Back Nigeria Drug Plan
By Oluwakemi Kindness International partners including the European Union (EU), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and ECOWAS have pledged support for Nigeria’s new drug control strategy. The commitment was made on Monday in Abuja at a National Drug Control Master Plan forum organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). […]
Abuja Building Collapse: Wike Orders Free Treatment for Victims
By Sofiat Adenekan-Abdul The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has directed that all victims injured in the collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Abuja receive free medical treatment, as emergency responders continue search-and-rescue operations at the site. The building, located behind Gudu Market in the nation’s capital, collapsed on […]
Tinubu Hails Joint US-Nigeria Operation That Killed ISIS Leader
By Oluwakemi Kindness President Bola Tinubu has praised the joint operation by Nigerian and United States forces that killed wanted ISIS commander Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, describing it as a major blow against terrorism. Tinubu, in a statement on Saturday, says he expects “more decisive strikes” against terrorist enclaves across Nigeria following the operation in the Lake […]
Nigeria Enters BRICS Discussions Over Global Issues
By Zainab Bakare The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dunoma Ahmed, has arrived in New Delhi, India, to represent the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, at the ongoing BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place May 14 and 15, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, bringing […]
Odumegwu-Ojukwu Assumes Office as Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister
By Zainab Bakare Nigeria’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has officially assumed office following her elevation by President Bola Tinubu as the country’s substantive Foreign Affairs Minister. Her assumption of office was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa. Odumegwu-Ojukwu was received […]
Federal High Court Reshuffles Judges Nationwide
By Zainab Bakare The Federal High Court has announced a sweeping new posting schedule affecting newly appointed and serving judges, in a move aimed at strengthening judicial efficiency across its divisions nationwide. According to a statement issued in Abuja by the Court’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine-Oby Christopher, the Chief Judge of the Federal High […]
Court Orders SERAP To Pay DSS Operatives ₦100m For Defamation
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to pay ₦100 million in damages to two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) for defamation. Delivering judgment, Justice Halilu Yusuf held that the claimants—Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele—successfully established that […]
NASS To Dispatch Joint Committee To South Africa Over Xenophobic Attack
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso Nigeria’s National Assembly has moved decisively to address the growing wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. Announcing plans to send a high-level joint delegation on a fact-finding and diplomatic mission. The Senate resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee comprising members of both chambers of the National Assembly, led […]
Tinubu Seeks Senate Nod for Tegbe, Umar, Enikanolaiye
By Arinzechi Chukwunonso President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally requested Senate confirmation for the nomination of Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Minister of the Federal Republic, alongside Rabiu Abdullahi Umar as Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The request, conveyed in a letter read during plenary by Senate President […]
Nigeria, Ghana Sign Pact To Check Drug Trafficking
By Oluwakemi Kindness Nigeria and Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration against drug trafficking, psychotropic substances, and related money laundering across West Africa. The agreement was formalised in Abuja on Tuesday when the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mohamed Buba Marwa, hosted a delegation from Ghana’s Narcotics […]