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NCDC to Pay Quarantined Ebola Contacts ₦100,000 Weekly

KEY POINTS NCDC will pay quarantined or isolated individuals ₦100,000 weekly to cover essential expenses. Health officials are monitoring 53 primary contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola case. One contact who reported feeling unwell tested negative, while investigations continue. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
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INEC Yet to Set Date for Corrected 2027 Candidates’ List

KEY POINTS INEC has not set a date to publish its corrected candidates’ list for the 2027 elections. The commission is reviewing complaints, corrections and court orders following a Supreme Court judgment. Accord Party’s Olawepo Hashim was still missing from INEC’s online list at...

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Military Court Says Soldiers’ Frozen Bank Accounts Are Under Investigation

KEY POINTS Frozen accounts are still being investigated. CDS has been briefed repeatedly. Court...
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Security Forces Uncover Identities of Suspected Kidnappers Behind Enugu Catholic Church Attack

KEY POINTS Aliyu Mohammed, Usman Mohammed and Babuga Usman, with the latter reportedly killed...
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Police Declare Two Men Wanted as Woman Who Returned from Dubai Goes Missing in Lagos

KEY POINTS Chukwunyere Esther Chinaza, 26, has been missing in Lagos since June 22,...
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Ebonyi Assembly Caps Rent and Agent Fees

KEY POINTS Ebonyi caps estate agency fees at 2 per cent of transaction value. ...
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Troops Stop Herdsmen Attack in Benue, Recover AK-47

KEY POINTS Troops and police stopped an attack in Azege, Benue State. An AK-47...
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Visa processing shift won’t affect Abuja embassy operations, US says

The US Mission in Nigeria says moving routine visa processing from Abuja to a Lagos hub will not affect the Abuja embassy or valid visas.
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Visa applications from Nigerians to South Africa double despite xenophobia, envoy says

Visa applications from Nigerians to South Africa have almost doubled in recent months despite xenophobic attacks, the country's consul-general in Nigeria says.
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Nigeria registers 14.5m children in push for legal identity for every child

Nigeria has registered more than 14.5 million children under an intensified birth registration drive to give every child a legal identity, the NPC says.
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Delta Suspends Works Commissioner Over Alleged Assault

KEY POINTS Delta suspended Works Commissioner Izeze Reuben indefinitely. The move follows an alleged...
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Colonel Ma’aji says Alleged Coup Plan was Driven by Concern for Nigeria

KEY POINTS Ma’aji says patriotism drove the alleged coup plan. He cited hardship, governance...
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Troops Foil Planned Terrorist Attack on Katsina Village

KEY POINTS Troops stopped a planned attack in Charanchi. Police and local security groups...
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EFCC Arrests Man Over Alleged N3 Million Fraud

KEY POINTS EFCC arrests Nuhu Dahiru in Maiduguri. N3 million was reportedly recovered from...
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NCDC to Pay Quarantined Ebola Contacts ₦100,000 Weekly

KEY POINTS NCDC will pay quarantined or isolated individuals ₦100,000 weekly to cover essential...
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INEC Yet to Set Date for Corrected 2027 Candidates’ List

KEY POINTS INEC has not set a date to publish its corrected candidates’ list...
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NCDC Investigates Second Suspected Ebola Case in Nigeria

KEY POINTS NCDC says it has identified two Ebola cases, comprising one confirmed infection...
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Fulani leaders seek ranches and 30% of agriculture budget for livestock ministry

Nigeria’s pastoralist coalition wants 30% of the agriculture budget for the livestock ministry, pilot ranches in all six zones and gazetted grazing reserves.