The Nigerian Army has concluded the training of 174 soldiers set to participate in the ECOWAS peacekeeping mission in Guinea-Bissau, reinforcing Nigeria’s role in promoting regional stability and security. The troops, forming Nigerian Company 4 under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), underwent comprehensive training at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and…
Civil servants in Abuja have urged Nigeria’s Federal Government to settle the outstanding ₦35,000 wage award arrears, accusing authorities of failing to fulfil their commitment and compounding workers’ financial difficulties. The monthly wage award was introduced by the government to help ease the cost-of-living burden on public sector employees, with five months’ arrears promised to…
Police in southern Nigeria’s Edo State have rescued 62 individuals from kidnappers and arrested more than 40 suspects linked to abduction, robbery, and cult violence, according to an update issued on Monday by the state’s police command. Speaking at a media briefing in Benin, Commissioner of Police Monday Agbonika described the outcome as a testament…
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Monday dismissed a politically sensitive case filed by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which sought to block federal funds from being disbursed to Kano State’s 44 local government areas. The suit was lodged by Abdullahi Abbas, Aminu Aliyu-Tiga, and the APC, challenging the legitimacy…
Two alleged operators of a failed cryptocurrency scheme, Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), have been released on bail by a Nigerian court amid ongoing investigations into a suspected multi-million dollar investment scam. Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted Avwerosuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim bail on Wednesday, each in the amount of…
Mr Joe Okojie, on Monday emerged candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the August 16, 2025 National Assembly by-election for Edo Central Senatorial District. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Benin, by Mr Chris Nehikhare, Publicity Secretary, Edo PDP caretaker committee. According to Nehikhare, Okojie emerged winner of the PDP…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the lower court judgment ordering a retrial of a man, Yahaya Ibrahim, convicted and sentenced to death for culpable homicide by a Kano State High Court. The five-man panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Tijjani Abubakar, dismissed Yahaya’s appeal against the Appeal Court’s decision for lacking…
The Kano State Fire Service saved three persons and property worth N1 billion from 40 fire incidents recorded in the month of June. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano that three other persons lost their lives while property worth N568…
Rep Ado Doguwa, leader of the Northern Regional Caucus in the House of Representatives, has described the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as an exceptional soldier and astute democrat. Doguwa, who represents Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
Negotiations between Iran and the E3 states, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are planned for this week with no resolution in sight to the international dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. The meeting is to take place on Friday in Istanbul at the level of deputy foreign ministers, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei….
